Question

why is a stem and leaf plot called a stem and leaf plot?

Answer 1

:O

Answer 2

It's called that because a leaf is on a stem just like in the stem and leaf plot work... The stem is the first number and the leaf is the second one... Example Stem = 1 on 12 and the leaf is 2... Get it?

Answer 3

i never knew what one was, and still don't.

Answer 4

lol, khan academy taught me

Answer 5

Satellite, I'm surprised to know that you don't know something

Answer 6

a leaf is on a stem just like in the stem and leaf plot. what? the leaf (in the plot) is not on the stem. that made no sense.

Answer 7

ahahaha

Answer 8

Lol that's just how I was taught.. In 7th grade. It's been a while.. :P

Answer 9

any other explanations?

Answer 10

please?

Answer 11

I think this stuff was in my 7th grade math book, but the teachers probably skipped it because they didn't know it.

Answer 12

i kinda learned it in 4th. then 5th. then 6th. then i moved. learning it again in 7th, and still don't know why its called that.

Answer 13

anyway, i still need to know why...

Answer 14

1 5678
2 78990
3 9056821
4 36963

does that look like a stem and leaf? - a little perhaps

Answer 15

ummm. no?

Answer 16

that looks like some numbers. isn't the stem like, inside the leaf?

Answer 17

oooh wait! is the stem coming off the leaf? okay... get it now. oops...

Answer 18

thanks, bye!

Answer 19

You learned it in all those grades? How many times does it take?