Question

katy loves to paint and always runs out of purple paint first. she kept track of how much purple paint she used in each painting. use the line plot to answer the question below. amount of paint used bottles 2 2 1/8 2 1/4 2 3/8 2 1/2 2 5/8 2 3/4 2 7/8 3 3 1/8 3 1/4 3 3/8 in how many paintings did katy use less than 3 bottles of purple paint? paintings

Explanation:

Step1: Count the number of Xs before 3

Each X represents a painting. Count all Xs at \(2\frac{1}{4}\), \(2\frac{3}{8}\), \(2\frac{1}{2}\) (since these values are less than 3).
There is 1 X at \(2\frac{1}{4}\), 1 X at \(2\frac{3}{8}\), and 4 Xs at \(2\frac{1}{2}\).

Step2: Sum the counts

$$1 + 1+4=6$$

Answer:

6