Interpreting Data
Creating a Line Plot
Vocabulary
Adding and Subtracting with a Line Plot
Review
100
BONUS: What is Miss Simmons' favorite day?
Saturday!
100
Use the data to create a line plot.
Student drawn line plots
100
What is the title of a line plot and why is it important?
The title is the name of the line plot usually found above the plot. It tells you what the data is about.
100
How many student towers measured 8, 9, and 10 inches?
4 + 1 + 2 = 7
100
What would make the most sense as a measurement for the height of a building?
A) 50 meters
B) 50 centimeters
C) 50 inches
D) 50 miles
A) 50 meters
200
Take a look at the line plot. What are 2 mathematical 
statements you can make about it?
Varied Student responses
200
BONUS: Name something Miss Simmons loves to do.
Take Pictures of Nature
Go Out to Eat
Run
Listen to Music
Teach!
200
What does "altogether" mean in a story problem?
To add.
200
How many more students had 12 inch towers than 20 inch towers?
6 students had 12 inch towers.
3 students had 20 inch towers.
6-3= 3
3 more students had 12 inch towers than 20 inch towers.
200
What would be the best way to measure the length of our classroom?
A) Feet
B) Inches
C) Centimeters
D) Straws
A) Feet
300
Look at the following line plot. How many group members had pencils measuring 13 and 14 centimeters?
2 measured 13cm.
2 measured 14cm.
Altogether, 4 pencils measured 13 or 14 centimeters.
300
What is missing in this line plot?
The title and the label of what the numbers are.
**ALWAYS LABEL AND TITLE YOUR LINE PLOTS**
300
"Find the difference of 43-22."
In this sentence, difference means:
Answer to a subtraction problem.
300
How many classrooms were at 50 or less?
15
300
BONUS: The word "of" in word problems means to do what mathematical function?
Multilpy!
400
Look at the following line plot. How many students saw less than 10 butterflies?
10 students
400
Show the following data on a line plot.
Student drawn line plots.
400
"What is the sum of 22+48?"
In this question, "sum" means what?
Answer to an addition problem.
400
How many carpets are in this survey?
18
400
What is the best way to measure the distance from here to Georgia?
A) Inches
B) Miles
C) Sandwich shops
D) Feet
B) Miles
500
Look at the following line plot. How many children are on the line plot?
6 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2= 20
500
Create a line plot with the following data:
Height of second grade students in Mrs. Largin's class:
48 in. 46 in.
42 in 48 in.
43 in. 42 in.
49 in. 41 in.
Student drawn line plots.
500
"There are 10 ladybugs in the garden. There are 7 bees in the garden. How many more lady bugs are there than bees?"
In this story problem, the word than means you should what?
"Than" is a comparison word. In story problems, it usually means to subtract.
500
BONUS: What month do Miss Simmons' and her son's birthdays all fall in?
October!
500
What would be the best way to measure the length of a pencil in the United States?
A) Centimeters
B) Inches
C) Feet
D) Yards
B) Inches