7th Grade Math

Problem Solving in Environmental Science Problem Solving in Environmental Science 511511

Use the information in the table to solve each problem. Round to

the nearest tenth if necessary.

1. Find the mean, median, and mode of the percent of recycled glass data.


2. If Kent County is removed from the recycled aluminum cans data, which
   changes the most: the mean, median, or mode? Does this make sense?
   Explain your reasoning.


3. Find the range, quartiles, and interquartile range of the percent of recycled
   newspapers data.


4. Find any outliers in the percent of recycled plastic bottles data.


5. Make a box-and-whisker plot of the percent of recycled glass data.


6. Refer to the box-and-whisker plot you made in Exercise 5. Compare the
   parts of the box and the lengths of the whiskers. What does this tell you
   about the data?

1FSDFOU
PG
.BUFSJBMT
5IBU
"SF
3FDZDMFE

$PVOUZ "MVNJOVN$BOT
    

 (MBTT  

 /FXTQBQFST 

 #PUUMFT
   

1MBTUJD

"EBNT

$MBSL

%FMBXBSF

'SBOLMJO

)PXBSE

,FOU

.BEJTPO

.PSSPX

3PHFST

5SVNCMF















































































 8" 8"XBUFS

GLE 0706.1.7

510_511_C09_CC_895130.indd 511 1/11/10 9:35 AM