Question

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

Container A: 5.25 milliliters
Container B: 5.29 milliliters
Container C: 5.27 milliliters
Container D: 5.23 milliliters

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

Answer 1

D is the correct answer!

Answer 2

Let me help you!
What we have right now:
*A 5.25 milliliters container.
*A 5.29 milliliters container.
*A 5.27 milliliters container.
*A 5.23 milliliters container.
*Sue's measuring cup that can measure to the nearest tenth of a milliliter.

What we need to do:
*Find out the least amount of oil after Sue used her measuring cup to measure each oil container.

Solution:
Container A: 5.25mL ---> 5.3mL
Container B: 5.29mL ---> 5.3mL
Container C: 5.27mL ---> 5.3mL
Container D: 5.23mL ---> 5.2mL <---- This is what we are looking for!

Therefore, the correct answer and the container which has the least amount of oil is: D. 5.23 milliliters container.

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