STEM AND LEAF
PLOTS
Vocabulary
•Leaf – the last number
•Stem – anything to the left of
the very last number
(sometimes that is “0” ;
sometimes it is two numbers)
•Key – an explanation of the
stem and leaf
High temperatures for the
last week: 72, 78, 87, 90,
88, 86, 87, 89
Stem
Leaf
7
2 8
8
6 7 7 8 9
9
0
7 2 = 72 degrees
Stem and Leaf Plot
• Here are the numbers of homeruns that Babe
Ruth hit in each of his 15 years with the
New York Yankees from 1920-1934:
– 54, 59, 35, 41, 46, 25, 47, 60, 54, 46, 49, 46, 41,
34, 22
Age of United states Presidents at their First
Inauguration: 57 61 57 57 58 57 61 54 68 51 49
64 50 48 65 52 56 46 54 49 50 47 55 54 42 51
56 55 51 54 51 60 62 43 55 56 61 52 69
64 (Through the 40th presidency)
Stem Leaf
4
2 3 6 7 8 9 9
5
0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8
6
0 1 1 1 2 4 4 5 8 9
Key: 5 7 means 57