Stem and Leaf Plot

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Results
Notes

A maths test is marked out of 50. The marks are shown below:


31, 17, 13 31, 19, 8, 10, 14, 45 49, 50, 45, 32, 25, 17 46, 36, 23, 18, 12, 6

This data can be more easily interpreted if we represent it in a stem and leaf plot. This plot, below, shows the data above:

Stem and Leaf plot

The stem and leaf plot is formed by splitting the numbers into two parts - in this case, tens and units. The tens form the 'stem' and the units form the 'leaves'.

It is usual for the numbers in a leaf to be ordered. So, for example, the row

Stem and Leaf plot row

shows the numbers 21, 23, 24, 24, 25 and 27 in order.



A maths test is marked out of 50. The marks given were

31, 17, 13 31, 19, 8, 10, 14, 45 49, 50, 45, 32, 25, 17 46, 36, 23, 18, 12, 6

This data can be more easily interpreted if we represent it in a stem and leaf plot. This plot, below, shows the data above:

Stem and Leaf plot

The stem and leaf plot is formed by splitting the numbers into two parts - in this case, tens and units. The tens form the 'stem' and the units form the 'leaves'

It is usual for the numbers in a leaf to be ordered. So, for example, the row

Stem and Leaf plot row

shows the numbers 21, 23, 24, 24, 25 and 27 in order.