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OpenStudy (anonymous):

*Please tell me where I got it wrong! Will give medal to first person to help* The volume of oil in four different containers is shown below: Container A: 5.35 milliliters Container B: 5.25 milliliters Container C: 5.29 milliliters Container D: 5.32 milliliters Sandy has a measuring cup that can measure to the nearest tenth of a milliliter. If Sandy measures the oil in each container, the greatest amount of oil would measure ____ milliliters. I answered 5.35 and I got it wrong. I don't see where I messed up

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@agent0smith can you help?

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

5.35 to the nearest tenth = ? to the nearest tenth 1.05 would round to 1.1 2.45 would round to 2.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So it would be 5.1?

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

Read the above examples again and note what they round to

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, okay! Wow I've never felt so stupid. I get it now. Thanks!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So the answer is the first one but the final answer is 5.4

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

Yep

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