Question

Quinn has 6 bottles of water that each weigh 3/5 pound. What is the total weight of the water bottles? Use the number line to help

Answer 1

Answer:

The weight of 6 bottles = $3\frac{3}{5}\ pounds$ or $3.6\ pounds$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total number of bottles = 6

Weight of each bottle = $\frac{3}{5}$ pound

To find the total weight of 6 bottles.

Solution:

We can plot the number line for six bottles.

We can the plot the weights in another number line.

Each unit represents $\frac{3}{5}$ pound of weight.

As the number of bottles increase the number of pounds of weight increase by  $\frac{3}{5}$ .

Thus, weight of 6 bottles = $\frac{3}{5}+\frac{3}{5}+\frac{3}{5}+\frac{3}{5}+\frac{3}{5}+\frac{3}{5}$ $=\frac{18}{5}$ pounds

Converting fraction to mixed number.

$\frac{18}{5}=3\frac{3}{5}$ pounds

Or in decimals $\frac{18}{5}=3.6\ pounds$

Thus weight of 6 bottles = $3\frac{3}{5}\ pounds$ or $3.6\ pounds$