Suppose IQ scores in your community are normally distributed with a mean of 96 and a standard deviation of 15.
The z-score tells you how many units above the average (if Z-score is positive) or below the average (if Z-score is negative) any IQ score is.
Find the IQ score that corresponds to the following z-scores.
Use the formula
where is the mean, is the standard deviation, and is the IQ score.