Printable Stem and Leaf Plots Worksheets

Printable stem and leaf plots worksheets for 4th and 5th grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Stem and Leaf Plots

What this skill is

Stem and leaf plots organize numerical data by splitting digits into stems (leading tens) and leaves (trailing ones) to show data distribution density.

When children learn it

Stem and leaf plots are taught in 4th and 5th grade.

Teaching Tips

  • Read the plot key legend first to understand place value encoding.
  • List all leaf digits in numerical order along each stem row.

Common Mistakes

  • Ignoring the plot key legend (misinterpreting stem 5 | leaf 2 as 5+2 instead of 52).
  • Omitting duplicate leaf values when values repeat in data sets.