Crayon Piece Line Plots
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Measure broken crayons and show the lengths on a line plot.
Measure the crayon pieces
The art class saves broken crayons to melt into new ones. Measure each piece to the nearest centimeter.
1.
red: cm
blue: cm
2.
Look closely at where each piece starts.
green: cm
yellow: cm
3.
Jada says the green piece is 8 centimeters long. What mistake did she make?
Make line plots
Make one X for each measurement. Stack the X marks above the right number.
Ms. Rivera's class measured 10 more crayon pieces. Here are the lengths in centimeters:
5, 7, 6, 4, 7, 6, 7, 8, 5, 7
5, 7, 6, 4, 7, 6, 7, 8, 5, 7
4.
How many X marks go above each number on a line plot of these 10 pieces?
4 cm:
5 cm:
6 cm:
7 cm:
8 cm:
5.
Which line plot shows Ms. Rivera's 10 crayon pieces?
Six friends each measured the same bookshelf in the art room. They got these lengths in inches:
30, 31, 30, 29, 30, 31
30, 31, 30, 29, 30, 31
6.
Make a line plot of the six bookshelf measurements.
7.
Which length did the most friends get for the bookshelf?
inches
8.
How many friends got a length longer than 30 inches?
friends
Read the crayon box line plot
This line plot shows every crayon piece in the art room's crayon box.
9.
How many crayon pieces are 5 centimeters long?
pieces
10.
How many pieces are shorter than 4 centimeters?
pieces
11.
Which length do the most crayon pieces have?
12.
How many crayon pieces are in the box in all?
pieces
13.
How many centimeters longer is the longest piece than the shortest piece?
centimeters
14.
Pieces that are 7 centimeters or longer go in the "keep" cup. How many pieces go in the keep cup?
pieces