Question

The line plot shows the amount of water used by 12 students during an experiment.

Amount of Water
(cups)
Write and evaluate an expression using addition and multiplication to
determine the total number of cups of water used by the 12 students
during the experiment. Show or explain each step you used to evaluate the
expression
Enter your expression and your work or explanation in the space provided.

Answer 1

They used 1 and 7/8 cups of water in total.

Explanation:

The 1/8 cups total converts into 3/4 cup total

The 1/4 cups total converts into 1/2 cup total

The 5/8 cups total converts into 5/8 cup total

If you add these together, you get 1 and 7/8.

So, the answer of the total amount of cups used is 1 and 7/8 cups of water.