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    The document discusses stem-and-leaf plots, which are a way to organize and display numerical data. It includes examples of stem-and-leaf plots and questions about interpreting the data in the plots. Homework problems ask students to construct stem-and-leaf plots from lists of data and answer questions about measures of center, spread, and comparisons of the data.

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    The document discusses stem-and-leaf plots, which are a way to organize and display numerical data. It includes examples of stem-and-leaf plots and questions about interpreting the data in the plots. Homework problems ask students to construct stem-and-leaf plots from lists of data and answer questions about measures of center, spread, and comparisons of the data.

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    of 5

    Stem and Leaf Plots Date: __________________

    Two interviewers were given the task to poll 50 people to record their ages. They
    recorded the data as shown.

    A) One person recorded the data as collected.


    39 45 14 36 23 63 12 32 25 35 46 10
    49 3 34 12 61 50 51 26 24 45 57 51
    42 56 50 33 77 82 32 22 21 31 45 8
    81 15 57 20 43 60 48 28 33 55 56 55
    91 9

    B) The other person recorded her data in a special way on squared paper. This is
    referred to as a stem-leaf plot.

    8
    6 1
    6 5
    5 5 6 2
    3 3 2 8
    3 1 9 8 6
    6 5 3 2 6 8
    9 1 6 2 5 4 4
    7 5 2 1 9 7 1 2 3
    4 2 3 4 4 5 3 8 1 0
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    Refer to the stem-leaf plot to answer questions 1) to 3).

    1) Which category has the

    a) greatest number?______________ b) smallest number?_________________

    c) same number of people?_______________

    2) In which are there more people, (circle one)

    a) 20 to 29 or 80 to 89? b) 40 to 49 or 50 to 59?

    3) How many persons are in each category?

    a) 20 to 29______________ b) 40 to 49_________________
    c) 40 to 69_________________ d) 10 to 59_________________

    4) What is the average (mean) age in each of the following categories?


    a) 20 to 29? b) 70 to 79?

    5) Refer to the data in (A). Which of the questions (1) to (4) can you answer
    quickly?

    6) The stem-and-leaf plot shows several hotel room rates, in dollars.

    Determine the median, mode and


    range of the data. Stem Leaf
    7 4 6 7 9
    8 0 1 1 1 2 5 6
    9 2 2 2 4 5
    10 0 5 5

    7) The back-to-back plot shows the precipitation recorded during the months of
    May and June in 9 Canadian cities.
    Precipitation (mm)
    May June
    6 3 4 0
    2 5
    6 6 6 4
    7 7
    5 4 8 0 0 0 3 6
    9 0
    6 2 10

    a) Find the range for each month. _____________________ __________________

    b) Find the median for each month. ___________________ __________________

    c) Find the mode for each month. _____________________ __________________

    d) Find the mean for each month. ____________________ __________________

    Stem and Leaf Plots Date: __________________


    Homework

    1) The list shows some adult heights, in centimeters.

    155 150 191 170 161 153 182 166 187


    169 178 166 179 173 164 174 177 184

    a) Construct a stem-and-leaf plot. (Hint: the stem would be a two-digit


    number.)
    b) Find the median, mode and range.
    c) How many are taller that the mode?
    2) The list gives the durations, in years, of the top 21 longest-running
    Canadian television shows.

    18 20 38 19 22 23 23 27 36 18
    18 18 20 25 18 24 24 33 25 25

    a) Construct a stem-and-leaf plot.


    b) Find the range of the data.

    3) The list shows the peak wind speeds, in kilometers per hour, recorded at
    16 Canadian airports.

    109 129 127 148 153 129 124 135


    161 177 146 132 177 193 106 106

    a) Construct a stem-and-leaf plot.


    b) Find the median, mode and range.
    c) What is the range of the data?
    d) What is the median peak wind speed?

    4) a) How many more 14-year-olds than 18-year-olds are represented in this


    back-to-back plot?
    Weekly Television Viewing (h/week)
    14-Year-Olds 18-Year-Olds
    9 7 0 7 7 9 9
    9 8 8 4 4 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 8 8 9 9

    8 8 6 6 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 8
    8 8 5 5 5 3 6
    2 2 4 1
    5 0

    b) What is the range of hours of television watched by 14-year-olds.


    c) Find the median viewing habit for each age range.
    d) Describe the difference in viewing habits of the 2 age groups.
    e) What might contribute to the difference in part (c)?
    Partially Correct Solutions:

    1) 2)
    Stem Leaf Stem Leaf
    15 0 3 5 1 8 8 8 8 8 9
    16 1 4 6 6 9 2 0 0 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 7
    17 0 3 4 7 8 9 3 3 6 8
    18 2 4 7

    19 1
    Mean = 23.7 Median = 23
    Mode = 18 Range = 20
    Mean = 171.06 Median = 171.5
    Mode = 166 Range = 41 3)
    a) 2 b) 35 hours c) Median (14) = 24
    4) Median (18) = 18

    Stem Leaf

    10 6 6 9
    11
    12 4 7 9 9
    13 2 5
    14 6 8
    15 3
    16 1
    17 7 7
    18
    19 3
    Mean = 140.75 Median =133.5
    Mode = 106, 129, 177 Range = 87

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