Measurement Line Plots
Make a line plot to display measurement data in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8); solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using line plot data
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“If your child records caterpillar lengths as fractions of an inch and plots them on a number line, can they work out the total length of three caterpillars by adding the fractions from the plot?”
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- Activity. Make a line plot to display measurement data in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8); solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using line plot data
What to notice. Create a line plot of seed growth measurements in 1/8-inch increments • Use a line plot to find the difference between the longest and shortest specimens • Calculate the total length of all items in a line plot by adding the fractional measurements
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If your child records caterpillar lengths as fractions of an inch and plots them on a number line, can they work out the total length of three caterpillars by adding the fractions from the plot?
Make a line plot to display measurement data in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8); solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using line plot data
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- Create a line plot of seed growth measurements in 1/8-inch increments
- Use a line plot to find the difference between the longest and shortest specimens
- Calculate the total length of all items in a line plot by adding the fractional measurements
“If your child records caterpillar lengths as fractions of an inch and plots them on a number line, can they work out the total length of three caterpillars by adding the fractions from the plot?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 9–10