Interpreting Charts & Graphs

1) Use the line graph below to answer the following questions:

Avg.  Temperatures  on  Long  Island  in  

July  
7  
6  
5  
#  of  days  

4  
3  
2  
1  
0  
78   80   82   84   86   88   90   92   94  
 Avg.  Temperature  

a) Which temperature was recorded on the highest number of days?

b) What is the range of the data values given on the line graph?
c) What is the mean of the data values given on the line graph?
2) Use the chart below giving the ages of teachers in an elementary school to answer the
following questions:
Teacher’s Name Age
Mrs. Smith 24
Miss Rider 28
Mr. Toms 32
Mr. Rosenberg 40
Miss Clancy 35
Mrs. Hakim 58
Ms. McGraw 26
Mr. Sanford 31
Mr. Kelling 27

a) What is the value of the outlier in this data set?

b) Find the mean of the data set.
c) Remove the outlier from the data set, then find the mean again. Did your value
change?
3) Use the histogram below of math SAT scores for an SAT Prep Class to answer the
following questions:

Scores  on  SAT  Math  Section  

14  

12  

10  
 #  of  students  

8  

6  

4  

2  

0  
450   500   550   600   650   700   750  
SAT  Math  Score  
 
 
a) How many students in the SAT Prep class received a score less than 550 on the math
section of the SAT?
b) What is the median score on the math section of the SAT achieved by students in this
class?
c) What is the range of the test scores achieved by students in this class?
4) Use the line graph below giving the average points scored per game by members of a
girl’s basketball team to answer the following questions:

Points  Scored  Per  Game  

8  
7  
6  
#  of  people  

5  
4  
3  
2  
1  
0  
10  pts.   12  pts.   14  pts.   16  pts.   18  pts.   20  pts.  
Points  Scored  

a) Find the median number of points scored.

b) Find the mean number of points scored.
c) Why is the mean value greater than the median value for the data in this graph?
5) Use the histogram below to answer the following questions:

Rainfall  in  Inches  per  State  

25  

20  
#  of  states  

15  

10  

5  

0  
0  to  10   11  to  20   21  to  30   31  to  40   41  to  50   51  to  60  
 Amount  of  Rainfall  in  Inches  
 
 
a) How many states received less than 21 inches of rainfall?
b) How many states received more than 40 inches of rainfall?
c) Is it possible to find the mode from the data given on the chart? Why or why not?
6) Use the graphs below to answer the following question:
Graph A:

Money  Spent  Per  Week  By  People  

at  the  Grocery  Store  
16  
14  
12  
#  of  people  

10  
8  
6  
4  
2  
0  
$50   $75   $100   $125   $150  
Amount  of  Money  Spent  
 
Graph  B:  

Money  Spent  Per  Week  By  People  at  

the  Grocery  Store  
40  
#  of  people  

30  

20  

10  

0  
$50   $75   $100   $125   $150  
Amount  of  Money  Spent  
 
 
According to the data given in both graphs, which of the following choices correctly
compares the standard deviation of the amounts of money spent per person in each
graph?
a) The standard deviation of the amounts of money in Graph A is smaller.
b) The standard deviation of the amounts of money in Graph B is smaller.
c) The standard deviation of the scores in Graph A and Graph B is the same.
d) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
7) Use the scatterplot below representing the amount of money spent in relation to the
number of hours spent at the mall to answer the following questions:

Money  Spent  
$600  

$500  
 amount  of  money  spent  

$400  

$300  

$200  

$100  

$0  
0   0.5   1   1.5   2   2.5   3   3.5   4  
#  of  hours  in  the  mall  
 
 
a) According to the line of best fit, approximately how much money would a person who
is at the mall for 1 hour spend?
b) According to the line of best fit, what is the maximum number of hours a person
should spend at the mall if he wants to spend less than $300?
8) Use the scatterplot below representing the heights and weights of boys on a football
team to answer the following questions:
250  

200  
Weight  (in  lbs.)  

150  

100  

50  

0  
1.6   1.65   1.7   1.75   1.8   1.85   1.9   1.95  
Height(in  meters)    
   

a) According to the line of best fit, what height usually corresponds to a weight of 200
pounds?
b) According to the line of best fit, if a football player was 1.85 meters tall, he should
weigh approximately how much?
c) Based on the graph, what conclusion could you come to about the correlation between
height and weight in the players on this team?
9) Use the bar graph below representing grades received by students on a 5 question
multiple-choice test to answer the following questions:

Grades  on  5  Question  Multiple  Choice  

Test  
25  

20  
 #  of  students  

15  

10  

5  

0  
20   40   60   80   100  
Grade  Received  
 
 
a) What is the mode of the data on this chart?
b) What is the mean grade received by students on this test?
c) If five additional students took this test and each received a grade of 80, which value
or values for the data would change: mode, mean, and/or median?
10) Use the chart below giving batting averages for 10 baseball players to answer the
following questions:
Player   Batting  Average  
Player  1   .124  
Player  2   .365  
Player  3   .389  
Player  4   .410  
Player  5   .297  
Player  6   .308  
Player  7   .312  
Player  8   .405  
Player  9   .366  
Player  10   .342  
a) What is the value of the outlier in this data set?
b) Find the median value of the data.
c) Remove the outlier from the data set, then find the median again. Is your value
different than the value you found in part b?

11) Is there an outlier in the data set below? If so, show the calculations that prove there
is one.
Day   Amount  of  Money  
Day  1   $1.38  
Day  2   $0.75  
Day  3   $3.58  
Day  4   $72.56  
Day  5   $5.79  
Day  6   $4.53  
Day  7   $0.97  
12) Is there an outlier in the data set below? If so, show the calculations that prove there
is one.
Day   Temperature  
Day  1   79  
Day  2   85  
Day  3   91  
Day  4   72  
Day  5   77  
Day  6   89  
Day  7   90  
Day  8   76  
Day  9   88  
Day  10   95  

13) Is there an outlier in the data set below? If so, show the calculations that prove there
is one.
Name   Test  Score  
David   98  
Danny   86  
Jessica   72  
Jaime   94  
Melissa   82  
Patrick   89  
Evan   91  
Marissa   79