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Line Plots with Fractions — Quarter-Inch

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

  1. 1.
    Maria measured 10 pencils to the nearest quarter-inch. Lengths (inches):
    2,  2¼,  ¼,  1,  ½,  2¼,  2¼,  3,  ¼,  3
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of pencils (inches)0¼½¾11¼1½1¾22¼2½2¾3
    a) What is the total length of the longest and the shortest together? 
    b) Which length was measured most often? 
  2. 2.
    Ethan measured 9 nails to the nearest quarter-inch. Lengths (inches):
    1¾,  1,  1¼,  ½,  1¼,  1¾,  ½,  1¾,  1
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of nails (inches)0¼½¾11¼1½1¾2
    a) What is the total length of the longest and the shortest together? 
    b) How many nails were longer than 1 inches? 
  3. 3.
    Sofia measured 10 craft sticks to the nearest quarter-inch. Lengths (inches):
    1,  ¼,  ½,  ¾,  ½,  ½,  ¾,  ½,  1,  1
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of craft sticks (inches)0¼½¾11¼1½1¾22¼2½2¾3
    a) What is the total length of the longest and the shortest together? 
    b) How many craft sticks were measured in all? 
  4. 4.
    Liam measured 11 pencils to the nearest quarter-inch. Lengths (inches):
    1¼,  1¼,  ¼,  ½,  1¾,  1¾,  1¼,  2½,  1¾,  1¾,  2½
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of pencils (inches)0¼½¾11¼1½1¾22¼2½2¾3
    a) How much longer is the longest than the shortest? 
    b) How many pencils were measured in all? 
  5. 5.
    Ava measured 10 ribbons to the nearest quarter-inch. Lengths (inches):
    ¾,  ¾,  1¾,  2,  1½,  1¼,  1¼,  ¾,  ¾,  1½
    Plot each length with an × above the number line:
    Length of ribbons (inches)0¼½¾11¼1½1¾2
    a) How much longer is the longest than the shortest? 
    b) Which length was measured most often?