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Line Plots: Halves & Fourths — Halves (½)

Make a line plot: mark one × above the number for each length. Then answer the questions.

  1. 1.
    Maria measured 12 pencils to the nearest half-inch. Lengths (inches):
    2,  2½,  2½,  3,  ½,  2½,  1,  2½,  1,  1½,  1,  1½
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of pencils (inches)0½11½22½3
    a) How many pencils were measured in all? 
    b) How many pencils were 2½ inches long? 
  2. 2.
    Ava measured 9 straws to the nearest half-inch. Lengths (inches):
    1,  ½,  2,  1,  2½,  1½,  2½,  3,  1
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of straws (inches)0½11½22½3
    a) How many straws were 1 inches long? 
    b) How many straws were measured in all? 
  3. 3.
    Liam measured 13 leaves to the nearest half-inch. Lengths (inches):
    ½,  ½,  1,  ½,  1½,  ½,  2,  1,  1,  1½
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of leaves (inches)0½11½2
    a) How many leaves were longer than 1 inches? 
    b) How many leaves were measured in all? 
  4. 4.
    Maria measured 11 markers to the nearest half-inch. Lengths (inches):
    2½,  2½,  1½,  2,  3,  1,  1½,  2,  3,  1,  3
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of markers (inches)0½11½22½3
    a) Which length was measured most often? 
    b) How many markers were 3 inches long? 
  5. 5.
    Liam measured 8 markers to the nearest half-inch. Lengths (inches):
    1½,  1,  1,  ½,  1½,  ½,  2,  ½
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of markers (inches)0½11½2
    a) How many markers were longer than 1 inches? 
    b) How many markers were ½ inches long?