Question

Lena collects antique spoons. The line plot shows the length of the spoons in her collection. If she lines up all of her spoons in order of size, what is the size of the middle spoon? Explain.

Answer 1

See the figure attached with the complete question, including the line plot.

• The size of the middle spoon is 4/4 feet = 1 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each mark on the line plot represents a spoon and the position on the line indicates its length,

• There are two marks over the the lenght 1/4, thus there are two spoons with that length,

• One spoon with length 2/4,

• One spoon with length 3/4,

• Four spoons with length 4/4, and

• One spoon with length 5/4

Those are in total 9 spoons. Thus, if she lines up all of her spoons in order size, the fifth spoon is the middle spoon, and its size is 4/4 feet.