Nine band members reported on the money they made selling candy bars for the fund-raiser. The results in dollars were: 146, 132, 130, 153, 157, 124, 151, 153, 121. Make a stem and leaf plot of the data on your own paper, then answer each question.

Which stem has the greatest dollar value in the plot?

What is the median of the data?

What does the 15 stem in the graph represent?

Question

Nine band members reported on the money they made selling candy bars for the fund-raiser. The results in dollars were: 146, 132, 130, 153, 157, 124, 151, 153, 121. Make a stem and leaf plot of the data on your own paper, then answer each question.

Which stem has the greatest dollar value in the plot?

What is the median of the data? 
 
What does the 15 stem in the graph represent?

anonymous · Answer

Stem | leaves
12 | 1 4
13 | 0 2
14 | 6
15 | 1 2 3 7

The 15 represents 150, and it represents the greatest dollar value in the plot.  The median is the middle value of a data set with an odd number of values as we have here.  The 5th value of an ordered data set is the median, i.e., 146.