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Box Whisker Plots Answers

This document provides examples and explanations of box and whisker plots using data from test scores, resident ages, and call wait times. It includes box plots showing test scores of two classes, the age distribution of residents in a street, and call wait times for a call center employee. It also provides explanations of how the values in the plots may change over time.

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Box Whisker Plots Answers

This document provides examples and explanations of box and whisker plots using data from test scores, resident ages, and call wait times. It includes box plots showing test scores of two classes, the age distribution of residents in a street, and call wait times for a call center employee. It also provides explanations of how the values in the plots may change over time.

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Box and Whisker Plots - Answers

GCSE Mathematics
HS5

1. 15 pupils in 11G sat a Mathematics test. Their scores are as follows:

30, 20, 21, 24, 20, 19, 12, 14, 18, 5, 24, 8, 19, 12, 27
Answer: 5, 8, 12, 12, 14, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20, 21, 24, 24, 27, 30

(a) Show this information as a box and whisker plot.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
Test Results

Pupils in 11P sat the same test. Their results are shown below.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
Test Results
(b) Compare the results of both classes.

Answer: Median score for pupils in 11P is 21 which is higher than Median for 11G which
is 19. Pupils in 11P also more consistent in their performance as lower IQ range of 8
compared to IQ range for 11G of 12.

2. 85 residents live in Manor Close. Draw a box and whisker plot to show the age
distribution of the residents using the following information:
• The youngest resident is 3 years old and the range of ages is 89.
• The median age is 58.
• The upper quartile is 78 and the interquartile range is 34.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Age (years)
Box and Whisker Plots - Answers
GCSE Mathematics
HS5
Another box and whisker plot was drawn for the same street a year later. Explain why
the values given above may not increase by 1.

Answer: If any residents leave Manor Close due to moving house or even death this
may effect the Median, IQ range and range. Any new residents moving to the street
may also have an effect on these.

3. Sylvie works in a call centre. She receives 60 calls a day and her manager records
the time taken to answer each call. The results are given in the following table.

Time t (min) 0 <t ≤ 2 2 <t ≤ 4 4 <t ≤ 6 6 <t ≤ 8 8 <t ≤ 10 10 <t ≤ 12


Frequency 7 12 15 17 6 3

Answer: ≤2 ≤4 ≤6 ≤8 ≤ 10 ≤ 12
7 19 34 51 57 60

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show Sylvie’s customers wait times.

60

50
Cumalative Frequency

40

30

20

10

0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time (minutes)
Box and Whisker Plots - Answers
GCSE Mathematics
HS5

(b) Knowing that the shortest wait time was 30 seconds and the longest wait time
was 12 minutes represent the information as a box plot.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time (minutes)

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