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Grade 4SuperchallengeLine Plots

Line Plots · Superchallenge problem

A line plot shows the lengths of 88 ribbons. Each ribbon is 14\dfrac{1}{4}, 12\dfrac{1}{2}, 34\dfrac{3}{4} or 11 foot long, and each of these four marks has at least one X. Laid end to end, the ribbons are exactly 55 feet long. How many different line plots are possible? (Two line plots are different if some mark has a different number of X's.)