IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots

For a math assignment, Julian researched the scores of the people competing on his favorite quiz show.

What is the lowest score?

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Samir counted the number of problems on each of his tests.

How many tests had fewer than 90 problems?

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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 rows with stems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

You counted 6 leaves, which are blue in the stem-and-leaf plot above. 6 tests had fewer than 90 problems.

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