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4th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY)
Course: 4th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY) > Unit 5
Lesson 5: Topic E: Extending fraction equivalence to fractions greater than 1- Multiplying unit fractions and whole numbers
- Multiply unit fractions and whole numbers
- Writing mixed numbers as improper fractions
- Writing improper fractions as mixed numbers
- Write mixed numbers and improper fractions
- Mixed numbers and improper fractions review
- Compare fractions and mixed numbers
- Making line plots with fractional data
- Graph data on line plots (through 1/8 of a unit)
- Interpreting line plots with fractions
- Reading a line plot with fractions
- Interpret line plots with fraction addition and subtraction
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Interpreting line plots with fractions
CCSS.Math:
Interpret data on line plots (graphed to the nearest 1/8 unit). Created by Sal Khan.
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- I don't get it. ><
__(9 votes)- what do u not understand?(1 vote)
- How every time I get A question correct it says I got the question wrong why is that?(3 votes)
- I hate it when computers, phones, etc do that(7 votes)
- The owner of a produce stand is selling baskets of peaches, priced by kilogram. She rounded each measurements to the nearest 1/2 of a kilogram.
How much heavier is the heaviest basket than the second heaviest basket?
How do you do this question?(1 vote)- You take the 2 heaviest baskets and subtract the 2nd heaviest basket from the first heaviest basket and you'll get your answer(1 vote)
- Dude im getting really mad at this it so hard how do you do it(5 votes)
- if you had the answers 6/8 and 3/4, would either of the answers matter to answer the question?(5 votes)
- they are the same fractions exept 3/4 is simplified(1 vote)
- how do you add the same fraction over and over?(5 votes)
- Can anyone explain more about it for me? I'm still don't get it...(4 votes)
- line plots are kinda like the chance that gos on a numner or object. its just counting the total.(1 vote)
- this video is cool(2 votes)
- Why did i add them on the test?
It is so hard to read the words because they are so tiny.(2 votes) - why are perfume salespeople so smart 🤓(2 votes)
Video transcript
- [Instructor] We're told that the weights of 11 different babies are
recorded on the line plot below and we see there is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 data points. Each one represents a different baby whose weight is recorded. Each weight was rounded to
the nearest 1/8 of a pound. All right, then they ask us, what is the difference, in weight, between the two heaviest babies? So pause this video and try to figure that out before we work through it together. All right, now where are
the two heaviest babies? So this one out here, this is the heaviest baby, and what is its weight? Well, let's see. Its weight is right over there, and what is that number
or what is that weight? So this is nine and this is 10, and we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight equal spaces. So each of these is an eighth. So this is nine and one, two, nine and 2/8. So this one is, let me write this. This is nine and 2/8. Another way to think about it is, 2/8 is the same thing as 1/4, 'cause if you think about it, it's one, two, three, four equal spaces. This is also nine and
1/4 of the way to 10, so this is the same thing as nine and 1/4. And then what's the
second heaviest babies? 'Cause we want the weight difference between the two heaviest. So the second heaviest
baby is right over here and we know that it is
eight and a half pounds. So what we really need to do is figure out what is the difference
between nine and 2/8 or nine and 1/4 and eight and a half right over here? So we could set this up as a subtraction. This is going to be nine and, let's call it nine and 1/4, minus, minus eight and a half, and we can actually use this, this, these measurement scales or you can even view this as something of a number line to help us think about this. The difference is this
length right over here. And we could think about
it in terms of eighths, 'cause each of these
hash marks is an eighth, so 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8 and 6/8. So this is equal to 6/8. We could also think about
it in terms of fourths, so this is 1/4, 2/4, and 3/4. So this is equal to 3/4. So what's the difference in weight between the two heaviest babies? It is 3/4 of a pound.