Stem| Leaf
1 | 5
2 | 2,7
3 | 8, 9
4 | 0, 0, 5
5 | 1, 1, 1, 7
What is the greatest data value represented in this stem-and-leaf plot?
A. 93
B. 39
C. 9
D. 57
B. 39
The greatest data value in this stem-and-leaf plot is 39.
Stem| Leaf
1 | 5
2 | 2,7
3 | 8, 9
4 | 0, 0, 5
5 | 1, 1, 1, 7
What value appears the most in this stem-and-leaf plot?
A. 1 ( I think its one, but just to be safe )
B. 51
C. 40
D. 15
A. 1
The value that appears the most in this stem-and-leaf plot is 1, with three occurrences in the leaves.
6 | 9
7 | 4,8,8
8 | 0, 1,2,4,5,5
9 | 0
Key: 6 | 9
means 69 in. tall
The average height of an American male is 69 in. . Using the stem-and-leaf plot, what observation can you make about this data on male basketball players?
A. There is no pattern.
B. Basketball player heights center around the average male height.
C. Basketball players tent to be taller that average.
D. The data is skewed toward shorter players.
C. Basketball players tend to be taller than average.
Based on the stem-and-leaf plot, it can be observed that the data on male basketball players tend to be taller than the average male height of 69 inches, as the majority of the data points fall above that average.
4 | 6,7
5 | 2, 4, 6
6 | 1, 4, 9
7 | 0, 8
Key: 4 | 6
means 46 years old
The median age of an American is 38. The stem-and-leaf plot shows the age at inauguration of U.S. presidents from the thirty-seventh president through the forty-sixth. What observation can you make about the data?
A. Presidential ages fall within a narrow range.
B. No U.S. president has ever been younger than 46.
C. Presidents tend to be older than the population in general/
D. Presidents should be younger.
C. Presidents tend to be older than the population in general.
Based on the stem-and-leaf plot which shows the ages at inauguration of U.S. presidents from the thirty-seventh president through the forty-sixth, it can be observed that presidents tend to be older than the population in general, as the ages are generally higher than the median age of 38 for the American population.