Back to back steam and leaf plot

Question

I'm having a bit of trouble finishing up my back to back stem and leaf plot. I know what a back to back stem and leaf plot is and I also know how to make one but here is my question: When doing a back to back stem and leaf plot the stem is always in order like for example 1,2,3,4,5 or 12,13,14,15,16 and so on. What if let's say my stem starts on 0 and ends on 5 so it would be 0,1,2,3,4,5 but 3 and 4 on the stem have no leaf to go with it or data for it, do I still keep the 3 and 4 on the stem or do I skip them and do it like this 0,1,2,5?

My work

Do I do it like this:

    5|0|4,6,9
  5,4|1|4,8
5,4,3|2|2,3,5
     |3|
     |4|
  9,8|5|1

or should I do it like this:

    5|0|4,6,9
  5,4|1|4,8
5,4,3|2|2,3,5
  9,8|5|1

Answer 1

You skip, just like you have in the latter.

See http://www.basic-mathematics.com/stem-and-leaf-plot.html for more when the total scores are less than 100, and here http://www.purplemath.com/modules/stemleaf2.htm for when they're greater than 100.

$$\begin{array}{c|c|c} 5&0&469\\ 54&1&48\\ 543&2&235\\ 98&5&1 \end{array}$$