IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots to find the median

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

What is the median of the numbers?

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Trevor counted all the beads in each necklace at the jewelry store where he works.

What is the median of the numbers?

When the numbers are arranged from least to greatest, the median is the number in the middle.

Read the numbers from the stem-and-leaf plot. The stem is the first part of the number, and the leaf is the last digit.

First, arrange the numbers from least to greatest:

Now find the number in the middle.

The number in the middle is 29.

The median is 29.

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