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Course: Grade 4 math (FL B.E.S.T.) > Unit 15
Lesson 2: Line plots with fractions- Measuring lengths to nearest 1/4 unit
- Measure lengths to nearest 1/4 unit
- Read line plots
- Graphing data on line plots
- Graph data on line plots
- Making line plots with fractional data
- Graph data on line plots (through 1/8 of a unit)
- Interpreting line plots with fractions
- Read line plots (data with fractions)
- Line plots review
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Line plots review
Review the basics of lines plots and then practice creating and reading line plots.
What are line plots?
A line plot is a way to display data along a number line.
Line plots are also called dot plots.
Line plots are also called dot plots.
Below is an example of a line plot showing the distance turtles traveled in an hour (we know it is turtles because there are dots on the line plot).
The dots above mean that turtles traveled a distance of meters in an hour.
Want to learn more about line plots? Check out this video.
Graphing data on line plots
To graph data on a line plot, we put a dot (or an X) above each number in the data set. If a number appears twice in the data, we put two dots above that number.
For example, a graph of the data set would look like this:
Want to learn more about graphing data on line plots? Check out this video.
Practice set 2: Graphing data on line plots
Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises: Make line plots
Graph data on line plots.
Graph data on line plots.
Want to join the conversation?
- If making a line plot, say two of the values are 34 and 36, do I skip 35 or add it with no dots over it?(8 votes)
- You want to show that you know there are no "35s." You should show 35 on the line and show that there are no items with the value 35.(16 votes)
- how do you solve
2 3/4 less then 3 2/4(1 vote) - I don't really understand this.(1 vote)
- Why do we need graph pictures and line plots?(1 vote)
- Picture graphs and line plots are visual tools. We use them to help us understand what the numbers in the problem represent. Finding the solution becomes easier after visualizing the data.(1 vote)