MA19.5.16

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.16

Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit ($\frac{1}{2}$, $\frac{1}{4}$, $\frac{1}{8}$).

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to equipartition a length model.
  • Measurement in units of halves, fourths, and eighths using a tool for standard units of measure.
  • Strategies to solve problems using the four operations with fractions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Create a line plot with appropriate intervals.
  • Represent data on a line plot.
  • Apply strategies for solving problems involving all four operations with the fractional data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • mathematical data can be collected, analyzed, and organized in a data display to solve problems involving the data.

Vocabulary

  • Line plot
  • Data
  • Data set
  • Frequency
  • Fraction
  • Operations
  • Number line
  • Fraction intervals
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