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Name : ___________________________________ Date: ___________
Herold’s Whiskers
Herold likes to eat. You need to keep him on a diet but sometimes he likes to stray. The last 15 times he’s been to the vet, they’ve tracked his weight.
20 , 18 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 25 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 27 , 26 , 19 , 19 , 18
1. Find the mean, median, mode and range of Herold’s weights.
Mean________ Median________ Mode________ Range________ 2. Create a box and whisker plot showing Herold’s weight in pounds. 3. The heaviest 25% of his weights have been greater than ________lbs. 4. The middle 50% of Herold’s weight is between ______ and ______ lbs. 5. If Herold went back to the vet and weighed 36 pounds (too much
lasagna), what would the box and whisker plot look like? 6. Which piece of data changed the most after the new weight was
added in? Circle one. Mean Median Mode Range
7. Which measure of central tendency would best reflect Herold’s weight? Explain.
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Herold found a girlfriend – Henrietta. She is very active and likes to stay slim. Herold decides to start walking to get himself in shape!
He starts keeping track of the amount of time he spends walking over 10 days.
40 , 38 , 45 , 50 , 45 , 35 , 30 , 25 , 60 , 35 1. Find the mean, median, mode and range of Herold’s walk times.
Mean________ Median________ Mode________ Range________ 2. Create a box and whisker plot showing Herold’s walk times in minutes. 3. The shortest 25% of his walk times have been less than __________mins. 4. The middle 50% of Herold’s walk times were between ___ and ___mins. 5. If Herold was super tired one day and only walked for 5 minutes (he
stayed on the phone too late with Henrietta), what would the box and whisker plot look like?
6. Which piece of data changed the most after the new time was
added in? Circle one. Mean Median Mode Range
7. Would any of the walk times be considered outliers? Why or why not? Explain.
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©Lindsay Perro http://www.beyondtheworksheet.com
Name : ___________________________________ Date: ___________
Herold’s Whiskers
Herold likes to eat. You need to keep him on a diet but sometimes he likes to stray. The last 15 times he’s been to the vet, they’ve tracked his weight.
20 , 18 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 25 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 27 , 26 , 19 , 19 , 18
1. Find the mean, median, mode and range of Herold’s weights.
Mean________ Median________ Mode________ Range________ 2. Create a box and whisker plot showing Herold’s weight in pounds. 3. The heaviest 25% of his weights have been greater than ________lbs. 4. The middle 50% of Herold’s weight is between ______ and ______ lbs. 5. If Herold went back to the vet and weighed 36 pounds (too much
lasagna), what would the box and whisker plot look like? 6. Which piece of data changed the most after the new weight was
added in? Circle one. Mean Median Mode Range
7. Which measure of central tendency would best reflect Herold’s weight? Explain.
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Answer Key
21.6 20 18,19,25 15
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
26 26 18
The mean or median because they fall in the middle 50% of the data.
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Herold found a girlfriend – Henrietta. She is very active and likes to stay slim. Herold decides to start walking to get himself in shape!
He starts keeping track of the amount of time he spends walking over 10 days.
40 , 38 , 45 , 50 , 45 , 35 , 30 , 25 , 60 , 35 1. Find the mean, median, mode and range of Herold’s walk times.
Mean________ Median________ Mode________ Range________ 2. Create a box and whisker plot showing Herold’s walk times in minutes. 3. The shortest 25% of his walk times have been less than __________mins. 4. The middle 50% of Herold’s walk times were between ___ and ___mins. 5. If Herold was super tired one day and only walked for 5 minutes (he
stayed on the phone too late with Henrietta), what would the box and whisker plot look like?
6. Which piece of data changed the most after the new time was
added in? Circle one. Mean Median Mode Range
7. Would any of the walk times be considered outliers? Why or why not? Explain.
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Answer Key
40.3 39 35,45 35
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
35 35 45
The 5 minute walk because it is so far below the rest of the data.
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