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Picture and bar graphs A line plot puts an X above a number for each thing measured. Count the Xs above a number to see how many are that long.
Worked example
Each X on the line plot is the length of one feather in centimeters. How many feathers were measured in all?
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Length in centimeters Answer: 7
Each X is one feather. Count all the Xs: 7. Answer: 7 .
For grown-ups: Picture graphs and bar graphs (up to 4 categories); line plots of measurements. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.
What this practises, for teachers Practices picture graphs and bar graphs (up to 4 categories); line plots of measurements (2.MD.D.9–10). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.
Try three Each X on the line plot is the length of one twig in centimeters. How many twigs are exactly 7 centimeters long?
3 4 5 6 7 Length in centimeters Show the answer and how Answer: 1
Find the 7 on the line and count the Xs above it: 1. Answer: 1 .
Each X on the line plot is the length of one crayon in inches. How many crayons were measured in all?
Show the answer and how Answer: 9
Each X is one crayon. Count all the Xs: 9. Answer: 9 .
These leaves were measured, in inches: 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6. On a line plot, each one gets an X. How many Xs go above the 4?
Show the answer and how Answer: 2
Look through the list and count how many are 4: 2. That is how many Xs go above the 4. Answer: 2 .
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Picture and bar graphs (2nd grade) Each X on the line plot is the length of one ribbon in inches. How many ribbons were measured in all?
Each X on the line plot is the length of one pencil in centimeters. How many pencils are exactly 5 centimeters long?
0 1 2 3 4 5 Length in centimeters Each X on the line plot is the length of one twig in centimeters. How many twigs are exactly 2 centimeters long?
1 2 3 4 5 6 Length in centimeters Each X on the line plot is the length of one leaf in inches. How many leaves were measured in all?
Each X on the line plot is the length of one twig in inches. How many twigs are 4 inches long or shorter?
Each X on the line plot is the length of one feather in inches. How many feathers are exactly 10 inches long?
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one pencil in centimeters. How many pencils are 5 centimeters long or shorter?
3 4 5 6 7 8 Length in centimeters Each X on the line plot is the length of one ribbon in centimeters. How many centimeters longer is the longest than the shortest?
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Length in centimeters These crayons were measured, in centimeters: 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8. On a line plot, each one gets an X. How many Xs go above the 2?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Length in centimeters
Each X on the line plot is the length of one crayon in centimeters. How many crayons are longer than 3 centimeters?
3 4 5 6 7 8 Length in centimeters Each X on the line plot is the length of one leaf in inches. How many leaves are longer than 0 inches?
These twigs were measured, in centimeters: 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7. On a line plot, each one gets an X. How many Xs go above the 5?
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Length in centimeters
Answer key 8 2 1 8 6 1 4 7 centimeters 2 7 10 3 More 2nd grade skills: all 2nd grade math skills , or every grade at math skills .
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