What’s on the Box Plots poster?

4 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. A box plot shows the five-number summary. The box holds the middle half of the data. SORT THE DATA — Smallest to largest. Nothing works until this is done.; FIND THE MEDIAN — The middle value. This is the line inside the box.; FIND Q1 AND Q3 — The medians of the lower and upper halves. These are the box edges.; MARK MIN AND MAX — The whiskers stretch out to these.. A box plot hides how many data points there are. Two very different sets can share one.

Who is the Box Plots poster for?

Box Plots is filed under 7th Grade (ages 12–13), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Box Plots poster?

Sort the data first, then find the median, then the medians of each half. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Box Plots belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Box Plots?

Measuring Spread, Samples and Populations and Angle Pairs sit alongside Box Plots in the 7th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Box Plots poster free to download and print?

Yes. Box Plots downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 7th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Box Plots poster print at?

Box Plots is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Box Plots loses nothing.

Box Plots — free printable poster

Box Plots — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Box Plots, step by step

A box plot shows the five-number summary. The box holds the middle half of the data.

SORT THE DATASmallest to largest. Nothing works until this is done.
FIND THE MEDIANThe middle value. This is the line inside the box.
FIND Q1 AND Q3The medians of the lower and upper halves. These are the box edges.
MARK MIN AND MAXThe whiskers stretch out to these.

reading it

The box holds the middle 50% of the data.
IQR = Q3 − Q1. A long box means a wide spread.
Each whisker holds 25% of the data.

A box plot hides how many data points there are. Two very different sets can share one.

Questions about the Box Plots poster

What’s on the Box Plots poster?: 4 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. A box plot shows the five-number summary. The box holds the middle half of the data. SORT THE DATA — Smallest to largest. Nothing works until this is done.; FIND THE MEDIAN — The middle value. This is the line inside the box.; FIND Q1 AND Q3 — The medians of the lower and upper halves. These are the box edges.; MARK MIN AND MAX — The whiskers stretch out to these.. A box plot hides how many data points there are. Two very different sets can share one.
Who is the Box Plots poster for?: Box Plots is filed under 7th Grade (ages 12–13), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Box Plots poster?: Sort the data first, then find the median, then the medians of each half. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Box Plots belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Box Plots?: Measuring Spread, Samples and Populations and Angle Pairs sit alongside Box Plots in the 7th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Measuring Spread Samples and Populations Angle Pairs
Is the Box Plots poster free to download and print?: Yes. Box Plots downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 7th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Box Plots poster print at?: Box Plots is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Box Plots loses nothing.Printing guide

Box Plots, step by step

Questions about the Box Plots poster

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