Stem and Leaf Diagrams
Stem and leaf diagrams are a pictorial way of showing statistics
The important parts of a stem and leaf diagram are
The Title
The stem
The leaves in order starting from the stem
The number of items
The key
n=20
Class Maths Marks
1/02268
2,34959
3,0026899
4/045
2/3 means a mark of 23A group of students measured their pulse rates in beats per minute.
The results were.
66 69 62 58 74 56 67 72 61 62 59 60 72 58 63
Draw a Stem and Leaf diagram to show this
We need a title
Pulse rates (beats per minute)
We need the stems 5 6889
We need the Leaves 8 OL225072
7 224
We need to reorder the leaves
We need to write inn n=15 6/2 means 62 beats per minute
We need the keyA group of students were asked how much pocket money they get.
The results were.
£6.60 £6.90 £6.20 £5.80 £7.40 £5.60 £6.70 £7.20
£6.10 £6.20 £5.90 £6.00 £7.20 £5.80 £6.30
Draw a Stem and Leaf diagram to show this
Pocket money
Note this gives us the same 5 | 6889
diagram as the previous 6 01223679
example. This shows the
importance of the title and 224
key.
n=15 6/2 means £6.20Draw Stem and Leaf Diagrams for the following sets of data
The speed of cars, in mph, passing
police speed check
35 46 32 48 53 58 60 39 36
48 34 51 42 37 53 42 51 38
John took a note of how far, in
metres, he was able to hit a golf
ball
108 115 132 121 101 122 138
127 105 112 118 127 129 120
139 136 131 121 111 129 137
Speed in mph
3)2456789
4/22688
1/1338
6/0
n=18 4/3 means 43mph
Distance in metres
10)1 58
1j/125 8
12/01127799
13|126789
n=21 12/3 means 123mStem and Leaf diagrams can be used to compare 2 sets of data.
To do this we draw a back to back stem and leaf diagram.
Maths marks for class 1A Maths marks for class 1B
8 |0) 689
853 |1) 1222558
944520 |2} 001167
643110 |3| 377
733 |4/ 1
n=19 3/2 means a mark of 32. n= 20
How many students in 1A had a mark of 312-2
How many students in 1B had a mark of 127. 3
Which class appears to be best at Maths? 1AUse the Back to Back Stem and Leaf Diagram to answer the questions
Books borrowed from the library
This week Last week
56
5
a
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ROAR
s=owre
DANWRWN
wnNnorco
n=10 n=10
2/0 represents 20 books
How many books were borrowed at level 3 this week 65
How many books were borrowed at level 4 last week 129
Which week was best for the library This week
How many books were borrowed last week altogether 37