Reteach 6–1
Name
Date
Stem-and-Leaf Plots
The fifth grade class went to Franklin’s Fruit Farm for a field trip.
The students helped pick apples and pears. The students kept
track of how many pieces of fruit they picked, and the teacher
made a stem-and-leaf plot.
Number of Apples Picked
12, 9, 25, 33, 8, 17, 14, 9, 22, 21, 13, 24, 31, 28, 21, 19
Step 1 Write a title.
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Number of Apples Picked
by Each Student
0
8, 9, 9
1
2, 3, 4, 7, 9
2
1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
3
1, 3
Step 2 Write the tens digits needed to
represent the data, in order from least to
greatest. These numbers form the stems.
Step 3 For each piece of data, write the ones digit
next to its tens digit. Arrange the leaves in order from
least to greatest.
Number of Pears Picked
by Each Student
Use the stem-and-leaf plot for Problems 1–5.
1.
What does 3| mean?
0
4, 6, 7
1
0, 4, 4, 4, 9
2
1, 1, 2, 5 ,6, 7
3
4, 5
2.
Which stem has six leaves? List them.
3.
How many students picked more than
20 pears?
4.
What number occurs most often?
How many times does it occur?
5.
How many pears were picked altogether?
Use with text pages 244–245.
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Reteach 6–1
Name
Date
Stem-and-Leaf Plots
The fifth grade class went to Franklin’s Fruit Farm for a field trip.
The students helped pick apples and pears. The students kept
track of how many pieces of fruit they picked, and the teacher
made a stem-and-leaf plot.
Number of Apples Picked
12, 9, 25, 33, 8, 17, 14, 9, 22, 21, 13, 24, 31, 28, 21, 19
Step 1 Write a title.
Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Number of Apples Picked
by Each Student
0
8, 9, 9
1
2, 3, 4, 7, 9
2
1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
3
1, 3
Step 2 Write the tens digits needed to
represent the data, in order from least to
greatest. These numbers form the stems.
Step 3 For each piece of data, write the ones digit
next to its tens digit. Arrange the leaves in order from
least to greatest.
Number of Pears Picked
by Each Student
Use the stem-and-leaf plot for Problems 1–5.
1.
What does 3| mean?
the numbers following
have a 3 for a tens digit
2.
Which stem has six leaves? List them.
3.
21, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27
4.
What number occurs most often?
How many times does it occur?
14, 3
0
4, 6, 7
1
0, 4, 4, 4, 9
2
1, 1, 2, 5 ,6, 7
3
4, 5
How many students picked more than
20 pears?
8
5.
How many pears were picked altogether?
299
Use with text pages 244–245.
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