Number and Operations in Base Ten

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Lesson 5

Draw and Analyze Line Plots

Practice

Use the line plot above to answer Exercises 1–3.

1. How many days were there 2 birds at the bird feeder?

2. How many days were there 3 or fewer birds at the feeder?

3. How many days were there 3 or more birds at the feeder?

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Jori recorded the number of birds she saw at the bird feeder each day for 5 days. She displayed the data in a line plot. What is one conclusion you can make from this line plot?

One conclusion that can be mad e is that there were 3 birds at the feeder, on 2 of the days.

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Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

TallyDay

Number of Birds Seen Each Day

1 2 3 54

Number of Birds Seen Each Day

2 days

4 days

3 days

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Vocabulary Check

7. What is a line plot?

Problem Solving

6. 4 Model Math Mrs. Sebring’s class made a tally chart of the number of hours they spent on homework last week. Display the set of data in the line plot.

For Exercises 4 and 5, refer to the line plot that shows the number of states each student has visited.

4. How many states have the most number of students visited?

5. How many students have visited three states?

1 2 3 4 5 ormore

How Many States Have You Visited?

Test Practice 8. Refer to the line plot in Exercise 6. What is the difference

between the least number of hours spent on homework and the most number of hours spent on homework?

A 1 hour B 3 hours C 8 hours D 11 hours

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Weekly Time Spent on Homework

8 9 10 11

Weekly Time Spent on Homework (h)

2 states

8 students

Sample answer: A graph which uses Xs above a number

line to show how often a data value occurs.

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