STEM AND LEAF PLOTS

Vocabulary

•Leaf – the last number

•Stem – anything to the left of the very last number

(sometimes that is “0” ; sometimes it is two numbers)

•Key – an explanation of the stem and leaf

High temperatures for the last week: 72, 78, 87, 90, 88, 86, 87, 89

Stem

7

8

9

Leaf

2 8

6 7 7 8 9

07 2 = 72 degrees

Stem and Leaf Plot

• Here are the numbers of homeruns that Babe Ruth hit in each of his 15 years with the New York Yankees from 1920-1934:

– 54, 59, 35, 41, 46, 25, 47, 60, 54, 46, 49, 46, 41, 34, 22

2 3 6 7 8 9 9

0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8

0 1 1 1 2 4 4 5 8 9

Stem Leaf

4

5

6

Age of United states Presidents at their First Inauguration: 57 61 57 57 58 57 61 54 68 51 49 64 50 48 65 52 56 46 54 49 50 47 55 54 42 51 56 55 51 54 51 60 62 43 55 56 61 52 69 64 (Through the 40th presidency)

Key: 5 7 means 57