Make Line Plots Exercises

Problems

1. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.
   

   
   

   Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.

   Click above the line plot to make dots for each measurement.

   

2. The forest animals each measured the length of their single step. They are going to make a line plot of their data.

   Animal	Single stem (cm)
   Squirrel	15
   Fox	20
   Chipmunk	16
   Skunk	17
   Badger	17

   Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.

   

3. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.

   

   Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.

4. The students in Mrs. Dolan's second grade class each measured their hand span. The students want to make a line plot of the data.

   Student	Hand Span(cm)
   Simone	15
   Lucas	20
   Jose	16
   Felipe	17
   Carol	17
   Angela	19
   Gabriel	15

   
   

   Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.
   
   
   
   
   
5. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.
   
   
   
   

   Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.

   
   
   
   
6. A park ranger counted stripes on each baby zebra. She is going to make a line plot of the data.
   

   
   

   Zebra	Stripes
   Majestic	46
   Speed	49
   Spot	47
   Zooma	47
   Rayas	46

   
   

   Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.
   
   

   

7. The lengths of ‍4 pencils are measured below.
   

   
   
   

   Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.
   
   

   
   

   
   

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-measure-data-topic/cc-early-math-line-plots/e/creating-line-plots-1
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Answers

1. First, let's find the length of each pencil.

   All of the pencils begin at 0cm on the ruler. So, we can look at where our pencils end on the ruler to find their length.

   
   
   Pencil A measure 5cm long.
   Pencil B measure 5cm long.
   Pencil C measure 3cm long.
   Pencil D measure 2cm long.
   
   Now, let's graph the measures on the line plot.
   
   
   
   
   

2. Let's count how many animals step measured 21cm.

   One animal, the chipmunk, had a step that measured 21 cm

   So, we place 1 dot over 21 on the number line.
   
   
   

   Now, let's graph the other measurements on the table.

   Here is the completed line plot:
   
   
   
   
   
3. Now, let's graph the measures on the line plot.
   

   
   

4. Here is the completed line plot:
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Now, let's graph the measures on the line plot.
   
   
   
   
   

6. Let's count how many Zebra's had 46 stripes.

   Two zebras had 46 stripes.

   So, we place 2 dots over 46 on the number line.
   
   
   

   Now, let's graph the other measurements on the table.

   Here is the completed line plot:
   
   
7. Here is the completed line plot: