Step: 1
The number of lights of a particular color is indicated by the number of cross marks over the color, in the line plot.
Step: 2
From the plot, the number of orange colored lights on the tree is 9.
[Count the orange colored cross marks.]
Step: 3
From the plot, there were 5 green colored lights on the tree.
[Count the number of green colored cross marks.]
Step: 4
The difference between the number of orange and green colored lights = 9 - 5 = 4
[Subtract the number of green lights from the number of orange lights.]
Step: 5
So, there are 4 more orange colored lights on the Christmas tree than the green colored lights.