This task is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. Given a frequency table students create a line plot then analyze and interpret the data. This is remixable. 

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Every September, people from all over North Carolina visit the Blue Ridge Parkway to witness the Monarch Butterfly migration. Park Ranger Zaara collects data about the butterflies in order to learn more about them.  Study the frequency table in her journal. 

<table viewable when you download the file> 

After studying the information in the journal, students will analyze the data by responding the following questions:

1.  Which range of wingspan measurements did most of the butterflies have? (8-11 cm)

2.  Which range of wingspan measurements did the fewest butterflies have? (12-15 cm)

3.  How many total butterflies did Ranger Zaara see on Tuesday? (606)

4.  Another butterfly just landed!  Based on the data, what would you predict its wingspan to be? Justify your answer. (8-11cm, because more of the collected butterflies had that range of wingspans)