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Lesson 5 of 8 ยท Grades 3 to 5

Practice: Line plots

Ten line plot questions: reading a stack, finding the most common value, counting the items and adding the values.

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This page gives you ten more questions on the same idea as the lesson "Line plots". Work through them at your own speed. Write your answer down or say it out loud before you open the answer box, so you give yourself a real chance to think.

If a question feels hard, go back to the lesson and look at the worked example again. Getting a question wrong is useful; it shows you the part that needs one more look.

Practice questions

Answer all ten questions in your notebook or in your head. Then open each answer to check your work.

  1. The pets line plot has 0 at 1 mark, 1 at 3 marks, 2 at 4 marks, 3 at 2 marks and 4 at 1 mark. How many homes have 2 pets?

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    4 homes. There are 4 X marks above the 2.

  2. The plot shows 2 marks above the 3. How many homes have 3 pets?

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    2 homes. There are 2 X marks above the 3.

  3. The pets plot has 1, 3, 4, 2 and 1 marks. How many homes are shown altogether?

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    11 homes. 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11.

  4. The pets plot has 0 at 1 mark, 1 at 3, 2 at 4, 3 at 2 and 4 at 1. Which number of pets appears most often?

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    2 pets. The stack above 2 is the tallest.

  5. The pets plot has 3 at 2 marks and 4 at 1 mark. How many homes have at least 3 pets?

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    3 homes. 2 + 1 = 3.

  6. The pets plot has 2 at 4 marks and 1 at 3 marks. How many more homes have 2 pets?

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    1 home. 4 - 3 = 1.

  7. The pets plot has 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 at 1, 3, 4, 2 and 1 marks. How many pets do all the homes have altogether?

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    21 pets. 0 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 4 = 21.

  8. The pets plot has 1 mark above the 0. How many homes have no pets?

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    1 home. There is 1 X mark above the 0.

  9. The pets plot has 1 mark above the 4. How many homes have 4 pets?

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    1 home. There is 1 X mark above the 4.

  10. The pets plot has 3 marks above the 1 and 4 marks above the 2. How many homes have 1 or 2 pets?

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    7 homes. 3 + 4 = 7.