Question

Blake measures the lengths, in inches, of 10 insects. He records the lengths of the insects on this line plot. He adds the lengths of the 3 longest insects.

Answer 1

Answer: 5 inches

Explanation:

The x's denote the insects measured so the longest insects would be of lengths:

1³/₄ inch, 1³/₄ inch and 1¹/₂ inch.

Adding them together would require converting them to improper fractions first:

7/4, 7/4, 3/2

Pick a denominator that is both denominators' lowest common multiple = 4

Adding them:

Divide the LCM by the denominator of the fraction and multiply the result by the numerator:

= (7 + 7 + 6) / 4

= 20/4

= 5 inches