How many?
Largest and Smallest
Most and Least
More or Less
100
Rachel worked at a day care center where children have to take off their shoes before they come into class. Rachel measured the length of some the shoes. She put the data in the line plot below.
What is the total number of shoes Rachel measured?
10 shoes.
Count the Xs. They represent the number of shoes.
100
Rachel worked at a day care center where children have to take off their shoes before they come into class. Rachel measured the length of some the shoes. She put the data in the line plot below.
What is the longest shoe she measured?
5/6
100
Rachel worked at a day care center where children have to take off their shoes before they come into class. Rachel measured the length of some the shoes. She put the data in the line plot below.
What shoe size is the MOST common?
3/6 or 1/2 feet. (They are equivalent fractions)
It has FOUR x's meaning that four shoes measured that length. The others had less than 4.
100
How many magazines weighed less than 2/5 pound?
A.) 4
B.) 3
C.) 2
D.) 1
D.) 1
Only ONE magazine weighed less than 2/5 pound
200
What is the total number of magazines?
A. 12
B. 10
C. 7
D. 4
A. 12
Count the X's!
200
What is the least amount of time it took for a student to finish the quiz?
1/12
200
Rachel worked at a day care center where children have to take off their shoes before they come into class. Rachel measured the length of some the shoes. She put the data in the line plot below.
What shoe size is the LEAST common?
5/6 feet.
It has ONE x meaning that only one pair of shoes measured that length. The others had more than one.
200
Ms. Rai gave her students a quiz. She recorded how long it took each of her students to finish the quiz in the line plot below.
How many students finished the quiz in 3/12 hour or less?
A. 10
B. 9
C. 5
D. 1
B.9
Key word is "or". You have to count all the Xs on 3/12 hour and less.
4 - 3/12, 4 - 2/12, and 1 - 1/12 for a total of 9.
300
How many students took the quiz?
13 students.
Every X represents a student!
300
How much did the heaviest magazine weigh?
1 pound
300
The line plot below shows the weight of magazines in pounds.
What is the least common weight?
1/5 pound
300
Ms. Rai gave her students a quiz. She recorded how long it took each of her students to finish the quiz in the line plot below.
How many students took more than 3/12 hour to finish?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8
C.4
Key words are "more than". You have to count all the Xs on greater than 3/12 hour.
3 - 4/1 and 1 - 5/12 for a total of 4.
400
The line plot below shows the time Mrs. Alvarez spent cooking dinner each night for a month.
How many nights did she cook dinner last month?
21 nights
The Xs over 0 don't count because she didn't cook any hours then.
400
The line plot below shows the amount of hours 4th graders spent studying in a week.
What is the difference in time between the students that studied the most and the one that studied the least?
5 - 2 1/2 =
4 2/2 - 2 1/2 = 2 1/2 hrs.
400
The line plot below shows the weight of magazines in pounds.
What is the most common weight?
3/5 pound
400
How many magazines weighed more than 2/5 pound?
A.) 12
B.) 11
C.) 8
D.) 3
C.) 8
There are 8 X's on the numberline more than 2/5 pound.