IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots

A machine dispensed red gumdrops into bags of various sizes.

How many bags had at least 40 red gumdrops?

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While doing a project for P. E. class, Tanner researched the number of athletes competing in an international sporting event.

How many countries have fewer than 96 athletes?

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In a stem-and-leaf plot, the stem tells the first part of the number and the leaf tells the last digit of the number.

Count all the leaves in the rows with stems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

In the row with stem 9, count all the leaves less than 6.

You counted 20 leaves, which are blue in the stem-and-leaf plots above. 20 countries have fewer than 96 athletes.

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