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Line Plot Study Guide
Solve each problem.
la) Find the sum of !/3 + l/3 + 2/3 + l/3 + V .
lb) Take the sum of la and divide it by 5. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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2a) Find the siun of 3/4 + Y + / + / + V + / + / + / + / + V .
2b) Take the sum of 2a and divide it by 10. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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3a) Find the sum of % + 2/3 + l/3 + l/3 + 2/3 + !/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 + 2 / 3 .
3b) Take the sum of 3a and divide it by 10. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
4a) Find the sum of V4 +2/4 + V + / .
4b) Take the sum of 4a and divide it by 4. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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5a) Find the sum of /l 3 + l/3 + V3 + V3 +2/3 + ]/3 +2/3.
5b) Take the sum of 5a and divide it by 7. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
6a) Find the sum of V + 75 +4/5 + % + l/5 + % +2/5 + V + / + / ,
6b) Take the sum of 6a and divide it by 10. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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7a) Find the sum of 2/3 + V + / + V + / + / + / + / + / .
7b) Take the sum of 7a and divide it by 9. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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Find the sum of 2/3 + l/3 + % + 2/3 + l/3 + ^ .
8b) Take the sum of 8a and divide it by 6. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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Find the sum of 2/4 + V4 +3/4 +2/4,
9b) Take the sum of 9a and divide it by 4. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
10a) Find the sum of % + % + % + V5 + Y + / + % + / + / + % .
10b) Take the sum of 10a and divide it by 10. What do you get? If possible, write your
answer as a reduced fraction.
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Redistributing Fractions
Solve each problem.
1) A builder had several boxes of nails that were partially full.
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If he reorganized the nails so each box had the same quantity, how full would each box be?
2) Look at the weight of the boxes below.
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If you were to redistribute the material in the boxes so that each box had the same weight,
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3) The bags of candy below are fractions of a pound.
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If you were to redistribute the candy so that each bag had the same amount, how much
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4) At a party, cups were filled with different amounts of soda.
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5) The pitchers below have different amounts of water in them.
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Distributing Line Plot Values
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1) The
lineproblem.
plot below shows the distance
(in miles) that each member of a relay
race travelled.
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How far would each person have run if
the distances were distributed evenly?
3) The line plot below shows the amount
of liquid (in liters) in different
containers.
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5) Chloe tore a sheet of paper into different
length pieces. The line plot below
shows the length (in inches) of each
piece.
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pieces, how long would each piece be?
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Find how many cups of water the plant
would have received if it got the same
amount each day.
6) Kaleb cut a rope into different lengths.
The line plot below shows the length (in
feet) of the cut pieces.
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of water a plant received (in cups) over
the course of 6 days.
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If you were to redistribute the vitamins,
so each bottle weighed the same amount,
how heavy would each bottle be?
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Find the amount of liquid each
container would have if if the total
amount were redistributed equally.
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2) The line plot below shows the weight
(in grams) of vitamin bottles.
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If he had cut the rope so each piece was
the same length, how long would each
piece be?
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