2. 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
3. High temperatures for the
last week: 72, 78, 87, 90,
88, 86, 87, 89
Stem
7
8
9
Leaf
2 8
6 7 7 8 9
0
7 2 = 72 degrees
4. 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