Name ______________________
Date _______________________
5th Grade: Complex Questions for Test Prep on the Pivotal Standards
5.MD.2 Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use
operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. For
example, given different measurements of liquid in identical beakers, find the amount of liquid each beaker
would contain if the total amount in all the beakers were redistributed equally.
Set 14
5.MD.2 – Line Plots
Name ______________________
Date _______________________
1. The line plot shows the amount of water that will be used by a clown to make water balloons for a birthday
party.
PARTY BALLOONS
Water (in pints)
How much water, in pints, did he use all together?
A. 20
B.
C.
20
8
75
8
D. 7
2. The line plot shows the different amounts of bagged trail mix that Mikaela bought at a health food store.
TRAIL MIX IN BAGS
Mass (in pounds)
If all the trail mix was mixed together and distributed equally into these 8 bags, how many pounds of trail mix
would each bag have?
A.
1
2
B. 4
C. 8
D.
1
4
Set 14
5.MD.2 – Line Plots
Name ______________________
Date _______________________
3. A cellular phone company collected data about how much time customers spend on the phone. The data
displays the fraction of an hour one customer spent on the phone in a day for the first 12 days of the month.
PHONE CALL DATA
Time spent on the phone in a day (in hours)
How much total time (in hours) did this customer spend on the phone in 12 days?
A.
B.
C.
D.
34
8
5
2
12
8
13
2
Set 14
5.MD.2 – Line Plots
Name ______________________
Date _______________________
4. The students in Emily’s class were observing and recording the growth of plants. One group of students
created a line plot to show much the height of their plant had increased in inches each day for 10 days.
PLANT GROWTH DATA
Growth (in inches)
How many total inches did the plant grow in these 10 days?
A.
B.
C.
23
8
24
8
36
8
D. 4
5. Colin’s class was measuring the thickness of the Mystery books in their class for a project. The line plot
shows the different thicknesses of the books in inches.
BOOK THICKNESS DATA
Thickness (in inches)
If all these books were piled on top of each other to make a tower, what would be the height of the tower in
inches?
A) 14
B) 9
C)
D)
19
8
15
2
Set 14
5.MD.2 – Line Plots
Name ______________________
Date _______________________
Worked Example
2. The line plot shows the different amounts of bagged trail mix that Mikaela bought at a health food store.
TRAIL MIX IN BAGS
Mass (in pounds)
If all the trail mix was mixed together and distributed equally into these 8 bags, how many pounds of trail mix
would each bag have?
A.
1
2
B. 4
C. 8
D.
1
4
Discuss with your partner: Does the
solution path match the structure of
mathematics and answer the
question the problem is asking?
Set 14
5.MD.2 – Line Plots