Question

a deli has 5 open bottles of the same mustard. the graph shows how much mustard is left in each bottle.
amount of mustard
if you distribute all of the mustard equally among the 5 bottles, how much will be in each bottle?
1 cup
4/5 cup
5/6 cup
1 1/5 cups

Explanation:

Step1: Determine amounts in each bottle

The amounts of mustard in the 5 bottles are $\frac{1}{2}$ cup, $\frac{1}{2}$ cup, $1\frac{1}{2}$ cups, $1\frac{1}{2}$ cups, 2 cups.

Step2: Calculate total amount

$\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}+1\frac{1}{2}+1\frac{1}{2}+2=\frac{1 + 1+3 + 3+4}{2}=\frac{12}{2}=6$ cups.

Step3: Divide total by number of bottles

$6\div5=\frac{6}{5}=1\frac{1}{5}$ cups.

Answer:

$1\frac{1}{5}$ cups