Question

A group of boxes are kept in a storage room. This line plot records the weight of each box. How much more does one of the heaviest boxes weigh than one of the lightest boxes?

Answer 1

Since the lightest box weighs 4 1/2 or 18/4 and the heaviest box weighs 5 1/4 or 21/4, the difference between them would be 3/4 lb.