Make Line Plots Exercises

Complete this assessment to practice making line plots. Be sure to check your answers.

Practice: Make Line Plots

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

    Animal Single step (cm)
    Squirrel 22
    Fox 28
    Chipmunk 21
    Skunk 28
    Badger 28

    Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.



  2. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.

    Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.


  3. 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
    Lucas20
    Jose16
    Felipe17
    Carol17
    Angela
    		19
    Gabriel
    		15

    Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.


  4. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.

    Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.


  5. Science class has built volcanoes. The students are going to make a line plot of the volcano heights.

    Volcano Height  (cm)
    Blast Em 50
    King Lava52
    Erupto51
    Volcan53
    Boom52

    Graph the measurements from the table on the line plot.


  6. The lengths of 4 pencils are measured below.


    Record the length of each pencil on the line plot.


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

    ZebraStripes
    Majestic 46
    Speed49
    Spot47
    Zooma47
    Rayas46

    Graph the measurements from the table 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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