A stem and leaf plot is a different type of graph. The stem part symbolises the tens place while the leaf is the ones place. We will look at the row that says ‘2 0 5’. This does not mean it is showing the number 205, it is showing 20 and 25. The stem part with the 2 on it is like a preset for a tens place so numbers from 0-9 can be placed as a ones digit. To read a stem and leaf plot you read the number on the stem and one number on the leaf. Two five. ‘Two five” is basically twenty-five.