Question

Monthly Sales Goals (in thousands)
Stem | Leaf
1 | 8 9
2 | 5 6 6 8
3 | 2 3 3 6 9
4 | 0
What is the median monthly sales goal?
$26,000

$29,600

$30,000

$30,500

Answer 1

In a stem and leaf chart, numbers are broken down into two parts. If we see the first column with the set of numbers of: 1 | 8 9 , we have to know that this is the same thing as being the base 10s.

Seems confusing. But here's what I mean. When we think of base 10s, we think of as it being 10s, 100s, 1000s etc. The number 1 means that it is in the tens place and the numbers 8 and 9 are the numbers in the ones place. This concludes that the number is 18 and 19.

As this stem and leaf chart goes on, it follows the same rule that I we used to get the numbers 18 and 19 in the first column.

Answer 2

To make sure that you have understood or not, I want you to list down the numbers that the stem and leaf plot is providing for you in the graph provided above (just like how we did for the first column).

Answer 3

i understand that now how do you find the median?

Answer 4

First, do you know how to find to find the median of a set of numbers? It doesn't necessarily have to mean using the stem and leaf plot.

Answer 5

to find the median you need to find the middle number in a set of numbers.

Answer 6

Correct. If you did understand what I was talking about in my first reply, then you should've gotten the hang of this. But note that this is asking for you in base of thousands. (e.g. 18,000 and 19,000).

Answer 7

would it be 26,000?