Line Plots Assessment worksheet for students to create a line plot and answer questions about reading time data.

Let’s go step by step to solve this problem.

We are given the hours Jacob spent reading each day last week:
1 ¼, 1, 1, ¾, ¼, ¾, ¾

That’s 7 days total (one for each value).

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Step 1: Understand the data

List of daily reading times:
- Day 1: 1 ¼
- Day 2: 1
- Day 3: 1
- Day 4: ¾
- Day 5: ¼
- Day 6: ¾
- Day 7: ¾

We can also write them as improper fractions or decimals if needed, but since the number line uses fourths, let’s keep everything in fourths:

- 1 ¼ = 5/4
- 1 = 4/4
- ¾ = 3/4
- ¼ = 1/4

So rewritten:
5/4, 4/4, 4/4, 3/4, 1/4, 3/4, 3/4

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Question 1: What was the most amount of time Jacob spent reading in one day?

Look at the list:
The largest value is 1 ¼ (or 5/4).

✔ Answer: 1 ¼

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Question 2: What was the least amount of time Jacob spent reading in one day?

Smallest value is ¼.

✔ Answer: ¼

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Question 3: How many days did Jacob spend at least 1 hour reading?

“At least 1 hour” means 1 hour or more.

From the list:
- 1 ¼ → yes
- 1 → yes
- 1 → yes
- ¾ → no
- ¼ → no
- ¾ → no
- ¾ → no

So that’s 3 days.

✔ Answer: 3

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Question 4: How many days did Jacob spend reading ¾ of an hour?

Count how many times ¾ appears:

Looking at the original list:
1 ¼, 1, 1, ¾, ¼, ¾, ¾

→ That’s three times.

✔ Answer: 3

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Question 5: How many total hours did Jacob spend reading last week?

Add all the values together:

Original list:
1 ¼ + 1 + 1 + ¾ + ¼ + ¾ + ¾

Group whole numbers and fractions separately.

Whole numbers: 1 + 1 = 2

Fractions:
1 ¼ has a fraction part: ¼
Then we have: ¾, ¼, ¾, ¾

So add all fractional parts:

¼ (from 1¼) + ¾ + ¼ + ¾ + ¾

Let’s convert all to fourths:

¼ + ¾ + ¼ + ¾ + ¾ =
(1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 3)/4 = 11/4

Now add the whole numbers from before: 2

But wait — actually, let’s do it better by converting ALL values to fourths from the start:

Values in fourths:
- 1 ¼ = 5/4
- 1 = 4/4
- 1 = 4/4
- ¾ = 3/4
- ¼ = 1/4
- ¾ = 3/4
- ¾ = 3/4

Now add numerators:

5 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 =
5+4=9; 9+4=13; 13+3=16; 16+1=17; 17+3=20; 20+3=23

Total = 23/4

Convert to mixed number:
23 ÷ 4 = 5 with remainder 3 → 5 ¾

✔ Answer: 5 ¾

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Final Answer:
What was the most amount of time Jacob spent reading in one day? 1 ¼
What was the least amount of time Jacob spent reading in one day? ¼
How many days did Jacob spend at least 1 hour reading? 3
How many days did Jacob spend reading ¾ of an hour? 3
How many total hours did Jacob spend reading last week? 5 ¾