Grade 10 Stem and Leaf Plot Worksheet
A worksheet for Grade 10 students to practice creating and interpreting stem and leaf plots, calculating measures of central tendency and spread.
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Stem and Leaf Plot Practice
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable.
1. Construct an ordered stem and leaf plot for the following set of data representing the scores on a recent math test:
85, 72, 91, 78, 88, 65, 95, 80, 72, 83, 90, 75, 86, 79, 82, 68, 93, 70
The stem and leaf plot below shows the number of minutes students spent on homework last night.
Key: 1|5 = 15 minutes
Stem | Leaf
0 | 5 8 9
1 | 0 2 5 5 7
2 | 1 3 4 8
3 | 0 2
2. How many students spent between 10 and 20 minutes (inclusive) on homework?
5
6
7
8
Use the stem and leaf plot from question 2 to answer the following:
3. The median number of minutes spent on homework is .
4. The mode number of minutes spent on homework is .
Consider the following stem and leaf plot representing the ages of volunteers at a charity event:
Key: 1|8 = 18 years
Stem | Leaf
1 | 8 9
2 | 0 1 1 3 5 7
3 | 2 4 6 8
4 | 0 1 5
5 | 2 9
7 | 5
5. Calculate the range of the ages.
6. Identify any potential outliers in the data set and explain your reasoning.
7. A stem and leaf plot is useful for displaying large data sets while preserving individual data points.
True
False
Match each term with its correct definition.
8. Stem
a. The last digit of a number in a stem and leaf plot
9. Leaf
b. The leading digit(s) of a number in a stem and leaf plot
10. Key
c. Explains how to read the stem and leaf plot