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Grade 3 Math · Chapter 6 · Lesson 5

Practice Worksheet

Line Plots With Fractions

Plotting measurements that land between numbers.

10 problems · about 13 minutes · 3.MD.B.4

NameDate

Figure — use these to answer the problems

Each × is one object of that length.
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Length in inches
2 in1
3 in4
4 in5
5 in3
6 in0
7 in2
Figure 1

Warm-Up Review

From earlier lessons. Loosen up before the new work.

3 problems

  1. From “Measuring to Halves and Fourths”

    How many fourths make three quarters?

    Answer

  2. From “Two-Step Graph Problems”

    Bars of 40, 15 and 5. How many more is the first than the other two together?

    Answer

  3. From “Scaled Bar Graphs”

    A scale of 5, bar at the seventh mark. What value?

    Answer

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

3 problems

  1. Stacks of 2, 3, 4 and 1. How many measurements in all?

    Answer

  2. What does the tallest stack tell you?

    • The most common measurement.
    • The longest object.

  3. Stacks of 1, 4, 5, 3, 0 and 2. How many measurements in all?

    Answer

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

1 problem

  1. 5 marks at 4 in and 3 at 5 in. How many more measured 4?

    Answer

Stretch Yourself

Mixed problems. Work out what kind of question it is before you start.

3 problems

  1. A column with no marks means what?

    • Nothing measured that length.
    • The number was left out.

  2. Reading the Plot

    A plot has 4 marks at 3 in and 5 at 4 in. How many pencils were 3 or 4 inches?

    Answerpencils

  3. The Most Common

    Stacks of 1, 4, 5, 3, 0 and 2. What is the tallest stack?

    Answermarks