Question

Chelsea records the number of quarts of water she gives her garden over 444 days. She rounds the measurements to the nearest \dfrac{1}{8}
8
1
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start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction quart and then records the information on the line plot below.

Answer 1

Answer:

33

Step-by-step explanation:

Total=7

8

4

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+7

8

4

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+8

8

6

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+9

8

2

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start text, T, o, t, a, l, end text, equals, 7, start fraction, 4, divided by, 8, end fraction, plus, 7, start fraction, 4, divided by, 8, end fraction, plus, 8, start fraction, 6, divided by, 8, end fraction, plus, 9, start fraction, 2, divided by, 8, end fraction

Hint #22 / 3

Let's add the whole numbers then add the fractions.

\begin{aligned} \text{Total}&=(7+7+8+9)+\left(\dfrac{4}{8}+\dfrac{4}{8} +\dfrac{6}{8}+\dfrac{2}{8}\right)\\\\ &= 31+\dfrac{16}{8}\\\\ &=31+2\\\\ &=33 \end{aligned}

Total

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=(7+7+8+9)+(

8

4

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+

8

4

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+

8

6

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+

8

2

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)

=31+

8

16

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=31+2

=33

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Hint #33 / 3

Chelsea used 33 quarts of water on her garden.