Question

A pet store has 2 cats to feed.If they only had one-sixth of a bag of cat food and each got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get.

Answer 1

Each cat will get one-twelfth of a bag of cat food.

Explanation:

It is given the number of cats is 2 and they only had one-sixth of a bag of cat food.

`\text{Total available cat food}=(1)/(6)\text{ bag}`

This food is divided between both cats equally.

Divide the total food by 2.

`\text{Cat food for each cat}=((1)/(6))/(2)\text{ bag}`

`\text{Cat food for each cat}=(1)/(12)\text{ bag}`

Therefore each cat will get one-twelfth of a bag of cat food.