Measuring and line plots: printable worksheets
Measure lengths to the nearest half or quarter inch, make a line plot with whole, half or quarter ticks, and read it.
Sample worksheet
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How long is the ribbon? Measure to the nearest half inch.
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What students practise
I can sort and count things, read a graph, and answer questions about the data.
Students sort objects into categories, record counts with tally marks, pictures and bars, read the key or scale of a graph, and answer how many, how many more and which has the most.
Key words
- category
- a group of things that are alike
- tally mark
- a line that counts one; four lines and a slash make five
- key
- the part of a graph that tells what one symbol stands for
- scale
- the number each step on a graph stands for
- bar graph
- a graph that uses the length of bars to show counts
- line plot
- a graph with an X above a number for each measurement
Common mistakes
- Counts the symbols on a scaled picture graph and ignores what each one stands for.
- Reads a bar that ends on a line as if it ended between two lines.
- Reports the value under a stack instead of how many X marks are in the stack.
Standards
Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.
- 3.MD.B.4: Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units: whole numbers, halves, or quarters. (unverified)
Related topics
- Before this: Scaled picture and bar graphs (Grade 3)
- Next: Line plots with fractions (Grade 4)