Question

Jessica picks tomatoes in her garden. She fills several bags. This line plot shows the weight of each bag

Answer 1

Given:

one of the heaviest bags weigh:

$=\text{ 4}\frac{1}{2}\text{ lb}$

One of the lightest bag weigh:

$=\text{ 3}\frac{1}{4}\text{ lb}$

Next, we take the difference in the weights:

$\begin{gathered} =\text{ 4}\frac{1}{2}\text{ - 3}\frac{1}{4} \\ \text{= }\frac{9}{2}\text{ - }\frac{13}{4} \\ =\text{ }\frac{18-13}{4} \\ =\text{ }\frac{5}{4} \\ =\text{ 1}\frac{1}{4}\text{ lb} \end{gathered}$

Answer:

$=\text{ 1}\frac{1}{4}\text{ lb}$