Ms. Allison drew a box-and-whisker plot to represent her students scores on a midterm test.

Lowest value=44
Lower quartile=47
Median=72
Upper quartile=81
Highest value=96

Jason received 47 on the test. How does Jason's score compare to his classmates?

A. About 25% scored higher; about 75% scored lower.
B. About 50% scored higher; about 50% scored lower.
C. About 75% scored higher; about 25% scored lower.
D. No one scored higher.

Is it A

Well, let's think about it. Jason's score of 47 falls just below the lower quartile of 47, which means that 25% of his classmates scored lower than him. However, since the lower quartile is equal to his score, it means that 25% of his classmates scored the same as him. So, we can conclude that about 25% of his classmates scored higher and about 75% scored lower. Therefore, the answer is A. Congratulations, Jason! You're not at the bottom of the barrel, but you're not at the top either. Keep it up!

No, it is not option A. Jason's score of 47 is equal to the lower quartile, which means that approximately 25% of the students scored lower than him. Therefore, option C, "About 75% scored higher; about 25% scored lower," would be the correct answer.

To determine how Jason's score compares to his classmates, we can refer to the box-and-whisker plot. In this plot, the lower quartile represents the 25th percentile, the median represents the 50th percentile, and the upper quartile represents the 75th percentile.

Given that Jason received a score of 47, we can see that his score falls between the lowest value (44) and the lower quartile (47), indicating that some students scored lower than him. However, his score is also below the median (72), suggesting that the majority of students scored higher than him.

Therefore, the correct answer is A. About 25% scored higher; about 75% scored lower.