Match the Plot: Can you pair a data set with its box-and-whisker plot?
Part of interpreting a graph is understanding the data from which it was derived. This activity will provide practice
with analyzing both box-and-whisker plots and sets of data.
Your Spanish teacher teaches three sections of Spanish 1.
Last Tuesday each section had a test, and the students' scores were recorded. Try to match the
scores for each class with their corresponding box-and-whisker plots.
Hint: Remember, the first step in creating a box-and-whisker plot is putting the data in numerical order.
This allows one to determine the median, upper and lower quartiles, and the extremes. Knowing these values
will make matching the plots much easier. For a little help, you can check your ordering for accuracy.
Data Sets
- First Hour
- 95, 70, 70, 70, 75, 70, 74, 92, 91, 75, 70, 77, 83, 100, 91, 70
- Second Hour
- 40, 45, 90, 85, 70, 20, 35, 25, 95, 75, 60, 30, 50, 55, 65, 80
- Third Hour
- 90, 65, 65, 100, 66, 70, 85, 78, 82, 81, 81, 80, 73, 67, 95, 70
Box-and-Whisker Plots
- First Hour
- 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 74, 75, 75, 77, 83, 91, 91, 92, 95, 100
- Second Hour
- 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95
- Third Hour
- 65, 65, 66, 67, 70, 70, 73, 78, 80, 81, 81, 82, 85, 90, 95, 100