Halves and quarters (age 8+)
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest half and quarter inch; display the data on a line plot with a scale marked in whole numbers, halves, and quarters
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“If your child measures ten pencil lengths to the nearest quarter inch, can they record the data and plot it on a number line split into quarters — then spot which length appears most?”
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- Activity. Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest half and quarter inch; display the data on a line plot with a scale marked in whole numbers, halves, and quarters
What to notice. Measure five objects to the nearest 1/4 inch • Create a line plot showing the lengths of classmates' pencils in half-inches • Read a line plot and answer questions about the data
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If your child measures ten pencil lengths to the nearest quarter inch, can they record the data and plot it on a number line split into quarters — then spot which length appears most?
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest half and quarter inch; display the data on a line plot with a scale marked in whole numbers, halves, and quarters
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- Measure five objects to the nearest 1/4 inch
- Create a line plot showing the lengths of classmates' pencils in half-inches
- Read a line plot and answer questions about the data
“If your child measures ten pencil lengths to the nearest quarter inch, can they record the data and plot it on a number line split into quarters — then spot which length appears most?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 8–9