1. Frequency Tables, Stem-and-Leaf Plots, and Line Plots 7-1
Warm Up
Problem of the Day
Lesson Presentation
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2. Warm Up Jason deposits $200 in an account that earns
3.6% simple interest. How long until the total
amount $300.
Almost 14 years
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3. Problem of the Day
Books A, B, C, and D are on the bookshelf. A is between C and B. B is between A and D. D is not on the right. What is the order of the books from right to left?
D, B, A, C
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4. Learn to organize and interpret data in frequency tables and stem-and-leaf plots, and line plots.

5. Vocabulary frequency table cumulative frequency stem-and-leaf plot
line plot

6. A frequency table is a way to organize data into categories or groups.
By including a cumulative frequency column in your table, you can keep a running total of the frequencies in each category.

7. Additional Example 1: Organizing and Interpreting Data in a Frequency Table
The list shows the average high temperatures for 20 cities on one February day. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many cities had average high temperature below 59 degrees?
69, 66, 65, 51, 50, 50, 44, 41, 38, 32, 32, 28, 20, 18, 12, 8, 8, 4, 2, 2
February Temperatures in 20 Cities
Average Highs
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
Step 1: Choose a scale that includes all of the data values. Then separate the scale into equal intervals.
0–19
20–39
40–59
60–79

8. Additional Example 1 Continued
The list shows the average high temperatures for 20 cities on one February day. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many cities had average high temperature below 59 degrees?
69, 66, 65, 51, 50, 50, 44, 41, 38, 32, 32, 28, 20, 18, 12, 8, 8, 4, 2, 2
February Temperatures in 20 Cities
Average Highs
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
Step 2: Find the number of data values in each interval. Write these numbers in the “Frequency” column.
0–19 7
20–39 5
40–59 5
60–79 3

9. Additional Example 1 Continued
The list shows the average high temperatures for 20 cities on one February day. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many cities had average high temperature below 59 degrees?
69, 66, 65, 51, 50, 50, 44, 41, 38, 32, 32, 28, 20, 18, 12, 8, 8, 4, 2, 2
February Temperatures in 20 Cities
Average Highs
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
0–19
20–39
40–59
60–79 7 5 3
Step 3: Find the cumulative frequency for each row by adding all the frequency values that are above or in that row. 7 12 17 20
17 cities had average high temperature below 59 degrees.

10. Check It Out: Example 1 60–69 70–79 80–89 90–99
The list shows the grades received on an English exam. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many students received a grade of 79 or below?
85, 84, 77, 65, 99, 90, 80, 85, 95, 72, 60, 66, 94, 86, 79, 87, 68, 95, 71, 96
English Exam Grades
Grades
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
Step 1: Choose a scale that includes all of the data values. Then separate the scale into equal intervals.
60–69
70–79
80–89
90–99

11. Check It Out: Example 1 Continued
The list shows the grades received on an English exam. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many students received a grade of 79 or below?
85, 84, 77, 65, 99, 90, 80, 85, 95, 72, 60, 66, 94, 86, 79, 87, 68, 95, 71, 96
English Exam Grades
Grades
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
60–69
70–79
80–89
90–99
Step 2: Find the number of data values in each interval. Write these numbers in the “Frequency” column. 4 4 6 6

12. Check It Out: Example 1 Continued
The list shows the grades received on an English exam. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many students received a grade of 79 or below?
85, 84, 77, 65, 99, 90, 80, 85, 95, 72, 60, 66, 94, 86, 79, 87, 68, 95, 71, 96
English Exam Grades
Grades
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
60–69
70–79
80–89
90–99 4 6
Step 3: Find the cumulative frequency for each row by adding all the frequency values that are above or in that row. 4 8 14 20
8 students received grades of 79 or below.

13. A stem-and-leaf plot can be used to show how often data values occur and how they are distributed. Each leaf on the plot represents the right-hand digit in a data value, and each stem represents left-hand digits.
Stems Leaves
Key: 2|7 means 27

14. Additional Example 2: Organizing and Interpreting Data in a Stem-and-Leaf Plot
The data shows the number of years coached by the top 15 coaches in the all-time NFL coaching victories. Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Then find the number of coaches who coached fewer than 25 years.
33, 40, 29, 33, 23, 22, 20, 21, 18, 23, 17, 15, 15, 12, 17
Step 1: Order the data from least to greatest. Since the data values range from 12 to 40, use tens digits for the stems and ones digits for the leaves.

15. Additional Example 2 Continued
The data shows the number of years coached by the top 15 coaches in the all-time NFL coaching victories. Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Then find the number of coaches who coached fewer than 25 years.
33, 40, 29, 33, 23, 22, 20, 21, 18, 23, 17, 15, 15, 12, 17
Step 2: List the stems from least to greatest on the plot.
Stems Leaves
The stems are the tens digits. 1 2 3 4

16. Additional Example 2 Continued
The data shows the number of years coached by the top 15 coaches in the all-time NFL coaching victories. Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. Then find the number of coaches who coached fewer than 25 years.
33, 40, 29, 33, 23, 22, 20, 21, 18, 23, 17, 15, 15, 12, 17
Step 3: List the leaves for each stem from least to greatest.
Stems Leaves
The stems are the tens digits.
The leaves are the ones digits. 2 5 5 7 7 8 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 9 3 3

17. Additional Example 2 Continued
Step 4: Add a key and a title.
Stems Leaves 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9
Number of Years Coached
The stems are the tens digits.
The leaves are the ones digits.
Key: 2 | 1 means 21.
11 coaches coached fewer than 25 years.

18. Check It Out: Example 2 Step 1:
The list shows the number of times each soccer player can bounce the ball on their knee. How many soccer players can bounce the ball more than 36 times.
55, 60, 33, 30, 23, 45, 28, 41, 62, 29, 35, 40, 43, 37, 68, 30, 61, 27, 38, 41
Step 1:
Order the data from least to greatest. Since the data values range from 23 to 68, use tens digits for the stems and ones digits for the leaves.

19. Check It Out: Example 2 Continued
The list shows the number of times each soccer player can bounce the ball on their knee. How many soccer players can bounce the ball more than 36 times.
55, 60, 33, 30, 23, 45, 28, 41, 62, 29, 35, 40, 43, 37, 68, 30, 61, 27, 38, 41
Step 2: List the stems from least to greatest on the plot.
Stems Leaves
The stems are the tens digits. 2 3 4 5 6

20. Check It Out: Example 2 Continued
The list shows the number of times each soccer player can bounce the ball on their knee. How many soccer players can bounce the ball more than 36 times.
55, 60, 33, 30, 23, 45, 28, 41, 62, 29, 35, 40, 43, 37, 68, 30, 61, 27, 38, 41
Step 3: List the leaves for each stem from least to greatest.
Stems Leaves 2 3 4 5 6
The stems are the tens digits.
The leaves are the ones digits. 3 7 8 9 3 5 7 8 1 1 3 5 5 1 2 8

21. Number of times a Soccer Player can bounce the ball on their knee
Check It Out: Example 2 Continued
Step 4: Add a key and a title.
Number of times a Soccer Player can bounce the ball on their knee
Stems Leaves 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
The stems are the tens digits.
The leaves are the ones digits.
Key: 4 | 0 means 40.
12 soccer players can bounce the ball on their knee more than 36 times.

22. Additional Example 3: Organizing and Interpreting Data in a Line Plot
Make a line plot of the data. How many hours per day did Morgan babysit most often?
Number of Babysitting Hours in July M T W Th F S Su
Wk 1 6 4 5 8 2
Wk 2 7
Wk 3 1
Wk 4 3

23. Additional Example 3 Continued
Make a line plot of the data. How many hours per day did Morgan babysit most often?
Step 1: The data values range from 0 to 8. Draw a number line that includes this range.

24. Additional Example 3 Continued
Make a line plot of the data. How many hours per day did Morgan babysit most often?
Step 2: Put an X above the number on the number line that corresponds to the number of babysitting hours in July.
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The greatest number of X’s appear above the number 6. This means that Morgan babysat most often for 6 hours.

25. Check It Out: Additional Example 3
Make a line plot of the data. How many slices of pizza did most people eat?
Number of Slices eaten per Person 2 4 1 5 3 6

26. Check It Out: Example 3 Continued
Make a line plot of the data. How many slices of pizza did most people eat?
Step 1: The data values range from 0 to 6. Draw a number line that includes this range.

27. Check It Out: Example 3 Continued
Make a line plot of the data. How many slices of pizza did most people eat?
Step 2: Put an X above the number on the number line that corresponds to the number slices of pizza eaten per person.
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XXXX
XXX
XXX
XXX X X
The greatest number of X’s appear above the number 2. This means that most people ate 2 slices of pizza.

28. Lesson Quiz: Part I The data shows the ages of some hospital nurses.
33, 35, 23, 39, 23, 24, 34, 21, 57, 45, 57, 60, 45, 24, 31, 42, 61, 45, 35, 38
1. Make a cumulative frequency table of the data. How many of the nurses are under the age of 40? 12
Nurses’ Ages
Ages
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
20–
30–
40–
50–
60–

29. Lesson Quiz: Part II Nurses’ Ages Stems Leaves 1 3 3 4 4 2 3 4
The data shows the ages of some hospital nurses.
33, 35, 23, 39, 23, 24, 34, 21, 57, 45, 57, 60, 45, 24, 31, 42, 61, 45, 35, 38
2. Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. How many nurses are over the age of 45? 4
Stems Leaves 2 3 4 5 6
7 7
0 1
Nurses’ Ages
Key: 4 | 2 means 42.

30. Lesson Quiz: Part III The data shows the ages of some hospital nurses.
33, 35, 23, 39, 23, 24, 34, 21, 57, 45, 57, 60, 45, 24, 31, 42, 61, 45, 35, 38
3. Make a line plot of the data. What age occurs most often? 45
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