Question

The volume of oil in four different containers is shown below:

Container A: 5.35 milliliters
Container B: 5.25 milliliters
Container C: 5.29 milliliters
Container D: 5.32 milliliters

Sandy has a measuring cup that can measure to the nearest tenth of a milliliter. If Sandy measures the oil in each container, the greatest amount of oil would measure ____ milliliters.

Answer 1

the answer is D

Explanation:

Answer 2

Container A: 5.35 milliliters rounds up to 5.4.

Explanation:

Because she can measure to the nearest .1, we round. Numbers over .05 get rounded up, and below .05 get rounded down.

Container A: 5.35 milliliters rounds up to 5.4

Container B: 5.25 milliliters rounds up to 5.3

Container C: 5.29 milliliters rounds up to 5.3

Container D: 5.32 milliliters rounds down to 5.3