IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots

A pottery factory kept track of the number of broken plates per shipment last week.

How many shipments had less than 45 broken plates?

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For a science fair project, Sandeep tracked the temperature each day.

How many temperature readings were exactly 24°C?

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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.

For the number 24, the stem is 2, and the leaf is 4. Find the row where the stem is 2. In that row, count all the leaves equal to 4.

You counted 2 leaves, which are blue in the stem-and-leaf plot above. 2 temperature readings were exactly 24°C.

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