Line Plots

A line plot is created by placing a mark above a number line corresponding to each data value. Line plots have two main advantages:

• You can see the frequency of data values.
• You can see how the data values compare.

Exercises

Display each set of data in a line plot.

1. 3, 6, 4, 3, 6, 0, 4, 5, 0, 4, 6, 1, 5, 1, 0, 5, 5, 6, 5, 3
2. 19, 18, 18, 18, 19, 20, 19, 18, 18, 17, 18, 20, 19, 17

Draw a line plot for each frequency table.

3. Number	1	2	3	4	5	6
   Frequency	4	1	0	5	7	2

4. Number	12	13	15	16	18	19
   Frequency	2	5	1	3	6	3

5. Olympics The numbers of gold medals won by different countries during the 2002 Winter Olympics are listed below.

   1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13

   Display the data in a line plot. Describe the data shown in the line plot.

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