Question

Jerome measures the length of 40 ropes and uses a line plot to organize his data. A. How many more ropes are there that are yard long or greater than ropes that are less than yard long? There are more ropes that are yard long or greater than ropes that are less than yard long b. Explain how you got this answer

Answer 1

20

Step-by-step explanation:

I make all the denominators the same, 1/4 becomes 2/8, and 1/2 becomes 4/8. I see which fractions are smaller than 3/8, which are 2/8 and 1/8. I count how many X's are there in 3/8 and the ones that are smaller than 3/8 which are 2/8 and 1/8. 3/8 has 5 X's, 2/8 has 2 X's, and 1/8 has 3 X's. Altogether there are 10 X's. 1 X = 2 ropes, so I multiply the 10 X's into 2 which is 20 ropes. There are 20 more ropes that are 3/8 yard long or greater than ropes that are less than 3/8 yard long.