IXL | Create and interpret dot plots

Tommy made smoothies using different fruits and vegetables. He recorded the number of cups of smoothie that each produced.

Amount of smoothie
Smoothie Flavor	Cups
Bell pepper	1 2
Potato	1 2
Orange	1 2
Pineapple	1 2
Strawberry	2
Mango	1

Use the data in the table 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 smoothie

number line label

Cups

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question

Chef Woodward showed his cooking students a bowl of melted butter. He asked them to guess how many sticks of butter he melted. He recorded their guesses on the board.

Amount of butter
Student	Sticks of butter
Clara	1 2
Bryant	1
Quincy	3 4
Joy	3 4
Omar	3 4

Use the data in the table 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 butter

number line label

Sticks of butter

solution

First, order the data from least to greatest:

The smallest value is

Count how many times

appears in the list. It appears 1 time. Select 1 X in the column labeled

Amount of butter

number line label

Sticks of butter

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 butter

number line label

Sticks of butter

The last value is 1. Count how many times 1 appears in the list. It appears 1 time. Select 1 X in the column labeled 1.

Amount of butter

number line label

Sticks of butter

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Lesson: Line plots

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Teacher tools

Work it out

Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

NN.2Create line plots with fractions

NN.1Interpret line plots with whole numbers

GG.8Graph fractions on number lines

Lesson: Line plots

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