Eighths are the finest marks on a school ruler, and a line plot that uses them is a fraction number line with data on top. These free printable worksheets ask a child to read one and answer questions about it.
If they get stuck
The answer key prints on a separate page.
The difficulty is in the labels. Not every tick can carry a number at this size, so a child has to work out which mark is 2¼ and which is 2⅜ from the marks around it. That reading is what these sheets practice. Every answer is a count or a spot on the ruler, so nothing has to be added in fractions in a blank.
The sheet is a reading page. A plot that a child draws from a list of measurements is the other half of the same skill, and it works well as a follow-up: measure ten pencils to the nearest eighth of an inch, then draw what these pages show.
Height of the bean plants (inches)