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Line plots with halves The line is marked in halves or fourths of an inch. Each X is one thing measured. Count the Xs at a mark, or to the left or right of it.
Worked example
Each X on the line plot is the length of one pencil in inches. How many pencils were measured in all?
1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 Length in inches Answer: 7
Each X is one pencil. Count all the Xs: 7. Answer: 7 .
For grown-ups: Line plots with halves and quarters (measurement link). 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 line plots with halves and quarters (measurement link) (3.MD.B.4). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.
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Try three Each X on the line plot is the length of one feather in inches. How many feathers were measured in all?
2 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 6 Length in inches Show the answer and how Answer: 7
Each X is one feather. Count all the Xs: 7. Answer: 7 .
Each X on the line plot is the length of one feather in inches. How many feathers are shorter than 1 2
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 Length in inches Show the answer and how Answer: 1
Shorter than 1/2 means the Xs to the left of 1/2. Count them: 1. Answer: 1 .
Each X on the line plot is the length of one twig in inches. How many twigs are longer than 2 1 2
2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 1/4 1/2 3/4 4 1/4 1/2 3/4 5 Length in inches Show the answer and how Answer: 7
Longer than 2 1/2 means the Xs to the right of 2 1/2. Count them: 7. Answer: 7 .
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Line plots with halves (3rd grade) Each X on the line plot is the length of one ribbon in inches. How many ribbons are exactly 1 1 2
0 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one crayon in inches. How many crayons are exactly 2 inches long?
0 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one ribbon in inches. How many ribbons are exactly 1 1 2
0 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one strip of paper in inches. How many strips of paper were measured in all?
1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 5 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one crayon in inches. How many crayons are longer than 1 1 2
0 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one twig in inches. How many twigs are shorter than 1 1 2
0 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 5 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one ribbon in inches. How many ribbons are longer than 2 1 2
1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one leaf in inches. How many leaves are shorter than 2 1 4
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 Length in inches These ribbons were measured, in inches: 1 4 1 2 1 , 1 3 4 1 3 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 2
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 Length in inches
Each X on the line plot is the length of one crayon in inches. How many crayons are exactly 1 3 4
1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 3 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one feather in inches. How many feathers are exactly 1 2
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 Length in inches Each X on the line plot is the length of one strip of paper in inches. How many strips of paper are longer than 1 1 2
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1/4 1/2 3/4 2 Length in inches More 3rd grade skills: all 3rd grade math skills , or every grade at math skills .
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