Stem and Leaf Diagrams

1. The stem and leaf diagram shows the weight, in grams, of 25 eggs.

5 0 1 1 3 5 7
6 3 4 7 8 9 9 9
7 0 0 1 2 3 8 Key: 5|1 = 51 grams
8 1 2 5 6
9 2 5

a) Write down the median weight of the eggs.

b) Calculate the range.

c) What percentage of the eggs are less than 85 grams? Do not use a calculator.

d) Comment on the skewness of the data.

2. The stem and leaf diagram shows the journey time, in minutes, of 11 commuters.

9 3 4
10 1 2 7 9
Key: 10|2 = 102 minutes
11 0 5 6 7
12 3

a) Write down the median journey time of the commuters.

b) Calculate the interquartile range.

c) A commuter from the survey is chosen at random. What is the probability their journey takes more
than 100 minutes?

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d) Another commuter is asked his journey time. He says it took him 95 minutes. Comment on how this
will affect the range.

3. The back-to-back stem and leaf diagram shows the class sizes in two different schools.

School A School B
8 7 6 6 5 1 8 8 9
3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 7 8 9 Key: 1|8 = 18 pupils
3 0 0 0 1 2

Compare the class sizes from each school.

4. Here are the ages (in years) of 20 people.

14 17 15 16 39 16 21 20 14 15

13 27 32 12 18 16 31 30 25 28

a) Draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram to represent the data.

b) Comment on the skewness of the data.

c) Find the median age.

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5. The age, in years, of the staff at two companies are listed below.

Company A
25 37 31 40 63 50 51 52 47 30

19 21 56 43 28 65 44

Company B
54 30 24 21 35 37 50 51 60 43

67 52 28 57 48 49 32 27 21 59

a) Draw a back-to-back stem and leaf diagram to represent this data.

b) What percentage of staff are over 55 in company B?

c) Find the upper and lower quartile ages in company A.

d) An outlier is a number that is either:

more than 1.5 × interquartile range above the upper quartile;

more than 1.5 × interquartile range below the lower quartile.

Are there any outliers in company A?

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1. The stem and leaf diagram shows the weight, in grams, of 25 eggs.

5 0 1 1 3 5 7
6 3 4 7 8 9 9 9
7 0 0 1 2 3 8 Key: 5|1 = 51 grams
8 1 2 5 6
9 2 5

a) Write down the median weight of the eggs.

69 grams

b) Calculate the range.

95 – 50 = 45 grams

c) What percentage of the eggs are less than 85 grams? Do not use a calculator.

21 eggs are below 85 grams. 21 as a percentage of 25 is 84%.

d) Comment on the skewness of the data.

Positive skew

2. The stem and leaf diagram shows the journey time, in minutes, of 11 commuters.

9 3 4
10 1 2 7 9
Key: 10|2 = 102 minutes
11 0 5 6 7
12 3

a) Write down the median journey time of the commuters.

109 minutes

b) Calculate the interquartile range.

116 – 101 = 15 minutes

c) A commuter from the survey is chosen at random. What is the probability their journey takes more
than 100 minutes?
9
11

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d) Another commuter is asked his journey time. He says it took him 95 minutes. Comment on how this
will affect the range.

It won’t change it.

3. The back-to-back stem and leaf diagram shows the class sizes in two different schools.

School A School B
8 7 6 6 5 1 8 8 9
3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 7 8 9 Key: 1|8 = 18 pupils
3 0 0 0 1 2

Compare the class sizes from each school.

The median class size in school A is 20 whilst in school B it is 27 which means, on average, the class
sizes for school B are bigger.

The interquartile range in school A is 21 – 16 = 5, whilst in school B it is 30 – 20 = 10 which means

that the class sizes in school A are more consistent.

4. Here are the ages (in years) of 20 people.

14 17 15 16 39 16 21 20 14 15

13 27 32 12 18 16 31 30 25 28

a) Draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram to represent the data.

1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8
2 0 1 5 7 8 Key: 2|5 = 25 years or similar
3 0 1 2 9

b) Comment on the skewness of the data.

Positive skew

c) Find the median age.

17.5 years

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5. The age, in years, of the staff at two companies are listed below.

Company A
25 37 31 40 63 50 51 52 47 30

19 21 56 43 28 65 44

Company B
54 30 24 21 35 37 50 51 60 43

67 52 28 57 48 49 32 27 21 59

a) Draw a back-to-back stem and leaf diagram to represent this data.

Company A Company B
9 1
8 5 1 2 1 1 4 7 8
7 1 0 3 0 2 5 7
Key: 2|5 = 25 years
7 4 3 0 4 3 8 9
6 2 1 0 5 0 1 2 4 7 9
5 3 6 0 7

b) What percentage of staff are over 55 in company B?

4 as a percentage of 20 is 20%

c) Find the upper and lower quartile ages in company A.

Upper = 51.5 Lower = 29

d) An outlier is a number that is either:

more than 1.5 × interquartile range above the upper quartile;

more than 1.5 × interquartile range below the lower quartile.

Are there any outliers in company A?

IQR = 51.5 – 29 = 22.5
To find any outliers at the top end: 51.5 + 1.5 × 22.5 = 85.25
There are no staff older than 85.25.
To find any outliers at the bottom end: 29 – 1.5 × 22.5 = -4.75
There are no outliers.

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