intro 350 40 7 Hank Buckingham Uses Measurements and Line Plots attention rectangle 350 50 2 A line plot is a graphical display of data where each data point is its own mark on a number line reminder 60 8 350 Keeping marks in line is critical to the accuracy of your plot! reminder 40 8 350 This is how the data is represented by a picture! What's the total amount? FRAC15/32 gal FRAC3/4 gal 1 FRAC3/8 gal 1 FRAC17/32 gal 1 FRAC3/8 gal What do you need? Same numerators Same numerator and denominator Does not matter Same denominators Same denominators comment I bet you already had figured that out! attention 0 200 5 16 18 Our answer will be an improper fraction--you'll have to change it to a mixed number. comment 250 18 I know it's not possible to redistribute the gas, but it makes a good math problem. reminder 50 2 350 20 doesn't go into 5 twenty-five times--you can't forget about the decimal!