The stem-and-leaf plot shows the number of cans of food collected by various students for a food drive. How many students collected more than 43 cans?
Stem
Leaves
3
0 1 1 1 4 4 4
4
0 1 3 4 4 5
5
0 3 3 6 8
Key: 3 | 5 means 35
A. 8
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9
1 answer
C. 7 students collected more than 43 cans. We can see from the stem and leaf plot that the values in the 4 and 5 stems (representing numbers in the 40s and 50s) are all greater than 43. Counting the number of leaves in those stems, we get a total of 7 students who collected more than 43 cans.