Tennis ball throw

This task is about reading information from a stem-and-leaf graph.

At Defoe College, the Year 9 students challenged the Year 10 students to a ball throwing contest.

Each student threw a tennis ball and this distance was measured and recorded to the nearest metre.

Their results are plotted on the back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph below.

 

DISTANCE TENNIS BALL THROWN

Year 9

Distance
(metres)

Year 10

a) What was the distance of the:
 
  i)
longest throw? ______ metres
 
  ii)
shortest throw? ______ metres
 
b) What was the median distance thrown by:
 
  i) Year 9 students? ______ metres
 
  ii)
Year 10 students? ______ metres
 
c)
i)
 

ii)
Tamiti said that Year 10 students threw the ball the furthest.
Is he correct?   YES  / NO  (circle one)
 
Explain your answer.