Line PlotsA dot for every measurement — the graph that shows where data clumps.3rd GradeA line plot puts one mark above a number line for each piece of data.1DRAW THE SCALEA number line covering the smallest to the largest value.2ONE X PER MEASUREMENTStack them straight up above the right number.3LABEL EVERYTHINGTitle, and what the numbers mean, with units.4READ THE SHAPEWhere is the tallest stack? Are any values far out on their own?QUESTIONS IT ANSWERSWhich value came up most often?What is the range — largest minus smallest?Is anything unusually far from the rest?The tallest stack is the mode. A lone x far from the others is an outlier.Line Plotslearnposters.com
Line Plots — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Line Plots, step by step

A line plot puts one mark above a number line for each piece of data.

  1. DRAW THE SCALEA number line covering the smallest to the largest value.
  2. ONE X PER MEASUREMENTStack them straight up above the right number.
  3. LABEL EVERYTHINGTitle, and what the numbers mean, with units.
  4. READ THE SHAPEWhere is the tallest stack? Are any values far out on their own?

questions it answers

  • Which value came up most often?
  • What is the range — largest minus smallest?
  • Is anything unusually far from the rest?

The tallest stack is the mode. A lone x far from the others is an outlier.

Questions about the Line Plots poster

What’s on the Line Plots poster?
4 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. A line plot puts one mark above a number line for each piece of data. DRAW THE SCALE — A number line covering the smallest to the largest value.; ONE X PER MEASUREMENT — Stack them straight up above the right number.; LABEL EVERYTHING — Title, and what the numbers mean, with units.; READ THE SHAPE — Where is the tallest stack? Are any values far out on their own?. The tallest stack is the mode. A lone x far from the others is an outlier.
Who is the Line Plots poster for?
Line Plots is filed under 3rd Grade (ages 8–9), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Line Plots poster?
Measure everyone's hand span and plot it. The shape appears immediately. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Line Plots belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Line Plots?
Right, Acute, Obtuse, Area and Perimeter and Which Operation? sit alongside Line Plots in the 3rd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Right, Acute, ObtuseArea and PerimeterWhich Operation?
Is the Line Plots poster free to download and print?
Yes. Line Plots downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 3rd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Line Plots poster print at?
Line Plots is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Line Plots loses nothing.Printing guide

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