Grade 8 Line Plots Worksheet
A worksheet for 8th-grade students covering the creation, interpretation, and analysis of line plots, aligned with Common Core State Standards for Data and Statistics.
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Grade 8 Line Plots Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable.
1. The line plot below shows the number of hours students spent studying for a math test.
a. How many students spent exactly 2 hours studying?
b. What is the total number of students represented in the line plot?
c. What is the range of study hours?
2. Use the following data set to complete the sentences below. Data: 5, 6, 7, 5, 8, 6, 9, 5, 7, 6
The smallest value in the data set is .
The largest value in the data set is .
The number 5 appears times in the data set.
The number 6 appears times in the data set.
3. The line plot shows the heights (in inches) of plants after two weeks.
a. What is the most common plant height?
b. How many plants are taller than 13 inches?
4. Which of the following data sets would be best represented by a line plot?
Favorite colors of students in a class
The number of siblings each student has
The different types of pets owned by families
The average temperature in different cities
5. A line plot is suitable for displaying categorical data.
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