16.3 and 16.4 Stem and Leaf Plots

Mark visits several bakeries. At each bakery, he asks how many cranberries they use to make a dozen cranberry muffins. Mark wants to use a stem-and-leaf plot to show the data. What are the leaves for the stem of 7?

• 0, 0, 1, 3, 5

• 0, 1, 3, 5

• 0, 1, 3

• 0, 0, 1, 3

Pam is making a stem-and-leaf plot to show the peach festival data. What is the fewest number of stems that she needs?

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 5

Multi-Step

How many more leaves will be on the stem of 1 than the stem of 3?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

Mavis has 19 crossword puzzle books. The number of puzzles in each book is 42, 17, 20, 25, 43, 36, 42, 30, 29, 19, 22, 28, 47, 35, 42, 18, 20, 45, and 31. She makes a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Which stem will have 4 leaves?

• stem 3

• stem 1

• stem 2

• stem 4

Maxwell has 14 books in the same mystery series. The number of pages in each book are 112, 108, 95, 88, 96, 105, 115, 114, 85, 87, 90, 96, 116, and 98. Maxwell makes a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Which stem has the most leaves?

• 9

• 11

• 10

• 8

Zara counts the number of raisins in several boxes of raisins. She wants to make a stem-and-leaf plot to show the data. What are the leaves for the stem 9?

• 0, 1, 5, 8

• 0, 1, 5, 5, 8

• 1, 5, 8

• 1, 5, 5, 8

Lincoln Heights Elementary held a student council election. The data show the number of votes each candidate received.

Wesley makes a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Use the table for 8–11. 8. What is the number of stems that Wesley needs?

• 15

• 5

• 4

• 3

Lincoln Heights Elementary held a student council election. The data show the number of votes each candidate received.

Which statement about the stem-and-leaf plot is true?

• 1There will be more stems than leaves.

• The stem 6 will have only 1 leaf.

• There will be 15 leaves.

• The number that occurs most often is 4

Lincoln Heights Elementary held a student council election. The data show the number of votes each candidate received.

Multi-Step

How many more leaves will be on the stem of 4 than the stem of 3?

• 1

• 6

• 4

• 2

Lincoln Heights Elementary held a student council election. The data show the number of votes each candidate received.

Multi-Step

How many stems will have more than 3 leaves?

• 2

• 1

• 3

• 4