IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots

Mr. Lester, a P.E. teacher, wrote down how much weight each of his students could lift.

What is the highest weight lifted?

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At their family reunion, the Ellis family recorded everyone's age.

How many people are at least 40 years old but less than 50 years old?

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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 row with stem 4.

You counted 4 leaves, which are blue in the stem-and-leaf plot above. 4 people are at least 40 years old but less than 50 years old.

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