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Stem-and-leaf plots

READING STEM-AND-LEAF PLOTS

The ages of students’ siblings (brothers and sisters) for a class are represented in this stem-and-leaf plot.

Stem Leaf
0 1 5 7 9
1 0 1 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 9
2 2 3 6

1 What age group were most siblings in? ______________________________________________

2 Only _______ siblings were older than twenty years.

3 The oldest sibling was _______ years old.

4 How old was the fifth youngest sibling? _______

5 One student has twin sisters. How old were they? (Give all possible answers.)

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6 The total number of siblings was _______.

7 The students surveyed were all 14 years old. The number of younger siblings was _______.

8 If the siblings were all arranged in order of age, how old would the middle person be? _______

9 One student realised that they made a mistake. Their older brother turned 20 last week and she had
forgotten about his birthday. Make changes to the stem-and-leaf plot to correct for the error.

Stem Leaf
0
1
2

10 Explain why you cannot tell from this data how many students were in the class.

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