Question

For a stem-and-leaf plot, how many stems would you make out of this data set?

46, 69, 43, 79, 72, 55, 56, 47, 69, 49, 55, 45, 65, 64, 46

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@tafkas77

Answer 1

@tafkas77

Answer 2

hello?

Answer 3

Unfortunately, I am not all too familiar with stem and leaf plots anymore. I haven't used them in a while; let me do a little research and see if I will be able to help on this. If I can't, I'm really sorry about that; but there are plenty of users online who will be able to help with this! :)

Answer 4

Hmm... I'm thinking you could make about 4 stems here; but I need to make sure I'm looking at this right. do you understand anything about stem and leaf plots or are you completely lost?

Answer 5

no i am lost lol

Answer 6

That's fine! i think i will be able to help you out

Answer 7

Yes, I understand this now. Please give me a sec to type this up. :)

Answer 8

alright :)

Answer 9

Stem and leaf plots are organized by "stem and by leaf" in the fashion of a t-chart. This helps to group certain areas (the stem) and show the differences (the leaves). The "stem" is going to be on the left side, the "leaves" on the right.

Ex:

12, 13, 14,15, 21, 22, 23, 24

There's going to be 2 stems here. There are two groups: the tens (12, 13, 14, and 15) and the twenties (21, 22, 23, and 24.)

The stem and leaf plot is going to look like this:



The "stems" organize the groups (1 for the tens, 2 for the twenties) and the leaves show the different numbers within a group. The stems take the first number in each digit.

Do you get it?

Answer 10

yes but there is no answer option for 2

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options r

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oh! That was just an example, rebecca. :) Now on to YOUR question:

46, 69, 43, 79, 72, 55, 56, 47, 69, 49, 55, 45, 65, 64, 46

To make this question easy, just look at the first digit of each number in the list. That is how you find the stems. I see a stem right here:

Answer 14

alright

Answer 15

So that means we have at least one stem. Let's look for others. To mkae it easy, we can take off the 40's:

69, 79, 72, 55, 56, 69, 55, 65, 64, 46

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alright :)

Answer 17

Now let's see if there are any other stems. Do you see any, rebecca?

Answer 18

no.

Answer 19

Hmm? I guess I haven't done a magnificent job of explaining things.

Look at this number:

24

You see how it's first digit is 2, and it's second digit is 4?

Well, if I wanted to put 24 in a stem-and-leaf plot, I'd have to use it's first digit, 2, as a stem, and it's second digit, 4, as a leaf: