IXL | Create line plots to find totals and averages

Diane and her father went to the farmers' market to buy some cherries. There were cherry baskets of all different sizes! Diane used the fruit scale to weigh some of the baskets.

Weight of cherry basket (pounds)
7 8	1	1	1	4 8	5 8	5 8

Use the data in the list to complete the line plot below.

Click to select the X's. To clear a column, click on the number line below it.

Amount of cherries

number line label

Pounds

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question

Kevin loves painting on the weekends, but it seems like he runs out of purple paint too quickly. He started keeping track of how much purple paint he used in each painting.

Amount of paint (bottles)
3 4	0	1 4	1	3 4	1 4	0	1 4

Use the data in the list to complete the line plot below.

Click to select the X's. To clear a column, click on the number line below it.

Amount of paint used

number line label

Bottles

solution

First, order the data from least to greatest:

The smallest value is 0. Count how many times 0 appears in the list. It appears 2 times. Select 2 X's in the column labeled 0.

Amount of paint used

number line label

Bottles

The next value is

Count how many times

appears in the list. It appears 3 times. Select 3 X's in the column labeled

Amount of paint used

number line label

Bottles

Fill in the rest of the columns the same way.

Amount of paint used

number line label

Bottles

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Lesson: Line plots

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