Thursday
Thursday: Hazel's feather collection
Chris the Coyote props his feathered hat on his knee.
"Feathers make me think of a story," he says with a wink.
Hazel the Hedgehog collected twelve feathers that fell along the trail one windy week.
She measured each one to the nearest quarter inch and wrote the lengths in her notebook.
But the list was hard to read, so Bennie the Bear helped her draw a line plot.
They made a number line and put an X above it for every feather.
Now Hazel could see her shortest feather, her longest one, and the lengths she found most.
"A line plot," Chris says, "lets a list of numbers tell its story."
Story: Read a line plot
Each X stands for one feather.
The longest feather is 2 1/2 inches. The shortest is 1 1/4 inches.
The difference is 2 1/2 - 1 1/4 = 1 1/4 inches.
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many feathers did Hazel measure?Which length has the most feathers?How many feathers are longer than 1 3/4 inches?How much longer is the longest feather than the shortest?- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Another line plot: pebble widths
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many pebbles are 3/8 inch wide?How much wider is the widest pebble than the narrowest?No pebble has this width. Which one?| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| 2 1/2 - 1 1/4 = 1 1/4 | ? |
| 6/8 - 1/8 = 5/8 | ? |
| 3 × 1 3/4 = 5 1/2 | ? |
| Each X on a line plot stands for one measurement. | ? |
Measure each one to the nearest quarter inch.
Make a number line with quarter inches on it.
Put an X above the line for each thing you measured.
What a collection! Tomorrow Freddy has a measuring game.