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Pictographs and Stem-And-Leaf Plots

The document provides instructions for creating and reading stem-and-leaf plots and pictographs. It explains how to gather data, organize it, create the plots by placing the data in the appropriate stems and leaves or pictographs, and then analyze the data by finding properties like range, median, and mode. Sample data on elephant ages and varieties of apples are used to demonstrate how to construct the plots step-by-step.

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Pictographs and Stem-And-Leaf Plots

The document provides instructions for creating and reading stem-and-leaf plots and pictographs. It explains how to gather data, organize it, create the plots by placing the data in the appropriate stems and leaves or pictographs, and then analyze the data by finding properties like range, median, and mode. Sample data on elephant ages and varieties of apples are used to demonstrate how to construct the plots step-by-step.

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How to Create and Read Stem-and-Leaf Plots

1. Gather data. This can be done through a survey, analysis of a weather chart or through a
given word problem. (We have looked at all of these in class).
Example (Word Problem): Peter was browsing through a National Geographic Magazine, and
came across an article about the ages of elephants in an orphanage in Africa. He recorded them
below:
2, 10, 60, 64, 35, 33, 67, 23, 70, 7, 8, 23, 36, 11, 41, 55, 56
2. Put the numbers/value in order. It is important that we keep our data organized. This
also helps us complete the following steps easier. As they reorder the values, students are
encouraged to cross out numbers from their data collections, as well as recount the
number of values in the final list, to ensure they included all of them.
2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 23, 23, 33, 35, 36, 41, 55, 56, 60, 64, 67, 70
3. Create the Stem-and-Leaf Plot. Remember that the Stems display the tens values, and
the Leaves display the ones values. Students are encouraged to cross out numbers from
their data collections, as well as count the values in the Plot, to ensure all data is included.
Students were provided with Criteria for a Stem-and-Leaf Plots to help guide them during
these beginning learning stages.
STEM
LEAF
0
2, 7, 8
1
0, 1
2
3, 3
3
3, 5, 6
4
5, 6
5
5, 6
6
0, 4, 7
7
0
**If, for example, we had a number with no tens value, such as 2, the Stem would be 0.
Similarly, if the number we are entering into our Stem-and-Leaf plot is over two digits, it is
important to split it up correctly. Say the number we are working with is 217. The 21 would
go into the Stem, as that is the tens value for that number. The Leaf would be 7.
4. Following these stages, we can then analyze and interpret the data presented in the Stemand-Leaf Plot. Students have learned about range and how to find it (1. smallest value &
largest value, 2. find the difference between them), as well as how to make observations
answer comprehension questions based on data.
We will be working on finding the Median (middle value) and Mode (most frequently
occurring value(s)) in the coming days, and students will be given resources for the
classroom and to take home which will help them practice and review for the Math test.

How to Create and Read Pictographs


1. Gather data. This can be done in a variety of ways. In our lessons, students have had an
opportunity to conduct a survey and collect their own data. We have also used textbook
questions.
Example (Survey Results):
What are the different varieties of apples in a food store?
Red Delicious
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Golden Delicious
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Red Rome
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McIntosh
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Goldfish
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2. Decide on appropriate title, scale, labels, symbols (key) for pictograph. I have been
telling the students that their illustrations do not have to be elaborate or detailed by any
means. So long as they are able to represent the data in a meaningful and clear way, any
image they choose is fine.
3. Create the Pictograph. Students have Success Criteria for a Pictograph which they are
encouraged to use, as they are in the beginning stages of graphing.

Key:
4. Following these stages, we can then analyze and interpret the data presented in the
Pictograph. Students have learned about range and how to find it (1. smallest value &
largest value, 2. find the difference between them), as well as how to make
observations and answer comprehension questions based on data.

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