1. Afian collects samples of blades of grass from two areas.
He is investigating the length (in
millimetres) of the grass
The samples have the following statistics:
Minimum
Median Upper quartile Lower quartile Maximum value
value
Sunny area 40 51 25 65 16
Shady area 23.5 31 19 43 12
a. Show this information on two side-by- side box plots.
b. Make a conclusion about the effect of sunlight on the length of grass based on these results.
2.
Mark (%)
a. What are the two median marks for the tests?
c. Compare the spread of marks between the two tests.
4. Two runners siew joey and lewis record their times over 600 metres at training for a season.
The box and whisker diagram below show these results.
siew joey lewis
a. Use the graph to copy and complete the table below.
siew joey lewis
Median
Upper quartile
Lower quartile
Highest time
Lowest time
b. Comment briefly on the performances of the two runners.