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What does the five number summary consist of?

AThe mean and the median
BThe mode and the range
CThe extremes and quartiles
DThe counts and the totals
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The extremes and quartiles
1. The five number summary is a common way of summarising a whole data set. 2. It consists of the minimum value, the maximum value and the three quartiles. 3. The box-and-whisker plot shows those same five numbers as a picture. 4. The box shows the interquartile range and the whiskers reach out to the minimum and maximum. _Source: Siyavula Mathematics Grade 10 (Everything Maths, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 10: Statistics_
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