the greatest amount of sap collected from any one tree is two times as great as the least amount of sap collected from any one tree

Question

Sap collected from each tree in gallons 3 trees .25 2 trees 3/8 4 trees at 5/8 and on tree at one gallon. what is the greatest amount of sap collected 

Answer 1

Well the least amount of 2/8 (convert 0.25)

The most amount of 5/8.

Yet 5/8 is not twice 2/8, that would be 4/8

 

Something amiss in the problem.