Question

The line plot shows the measurement of liquids in eight identical beakers. If you wanted to put the same amount of liquid in each beaker how much would there be? The liquid is measured in milliliters. A) 5/16 ml B) 1/2 ml C) 1/4 ml D) 3/32 ml

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) 1/2 mL.

Adding the amounts that are currently in each beaker, we have:
1/8 + 1/4 + 3(3/8) + 2(3/4) + 1
= 1/8 + 1/4 + 9/8 + 6/4 + 1

Converting all of these to fractions with common denominators, we have:
1/8 + 2/8 + 9/8 + 12/8 + 8/8 = 32/8 = 4 mL of liquid total.

We have 8 beakers to split up 4 mL of liquid; 4/8 = 1/2.