Stem-and-Leaf worksheet

1. The IQ (intelligence) scores of thirty-three students from the same fifth grade classroom are presented. One set
is for boys and the other set is for girls. Fill in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot to show a visual comparison
of the IQ scores for boys and girls.
Boys: 113, 134, 122, 113, 134, 105, 133, 133, 104, 122, 122, 108, 116, 126, 120, 122, 129, 144
Girls: 115, 122, 124, 102, 111, 113, 112, 122, 119, 125, 115, 114, 118, 108, 96

IQ Scores
Boys Girls

Key:
2. Create a box-and-whisker plot for the quiz scores shown in the stem-and-leaf plot below.

Key: 9|2 = 92

3. Create an appropriate stem-and-leaf plot for the following set of heights (in inches) of 8th grade students at the
local middle school: 52, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 56, 56, 56, 56, 58, 58, 59, 59, 59, 60, 60, 60, 61, 61 63, 63, 63, 63, 64,
64, 65, 65, 65, 66, 67, 67, 67, 67, 68, 68, 69, 69, 70, 71, 71, 72
Be sure that you decide whether or not the stems should be split and don't forget to include a key.