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Stem-and-Leaf Plots

Read stem-and-leaf notation to find the maximum, minimum, and total number of data values shown.

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Reading stem-and-leaf notation

In a stem-and-leaf plot, each stem is written before the vertical bar, and its leaves are written after it. Each leaf combines with its own stem to rebuild one data value, for example stem 1 with leaf 3 rebuilds to 13.