IXL | Interpret line plots, histograms, and box plots

Harper works as a photographer for the Bay Valley

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which is published every day. She recorded how many photos she took on each assignment last week. This box plot shows the results.

Photos taken

On what percent of her assignments did Harper take 12 or more photos?

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Mr. Davis is a gym teacher. Yesterday, he recorded how many laps each of his students ran around the gym during class. This box plot shows the results.

Laps around the gym

What percent of students ran 10 or more laps?

key idea

A box plot shows the minimum, lower quartile, median, upper quartile, and maximum of a data set.

solution

Find the part of the box plot that represents 10 or more laps.

Laps around the gym

In a box plot, each whisker represents 25% of the data. So, 25% of the students ran 10 or more laps.

Looking for more? Try these:

Lesson: Line plots

Lesson: Histograms

Lesson: Box and whisker plots

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Lesson: Line plots

Lesson: Histograms

Lesson: Box and whisker plots

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