Question

A bag of cat food contains 4 pounds. Each serving is 1/4 of a cup. How many servings are in the bag?

Answer 1

To find the number of servings in the bag, divide the total weight of the bag by the weight of each serving. There are 64 servings in the bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of servings in the bag, we need to divide the total weight of the bag by the weight of each serving.

Since each serving is 1/4 of a cup and 4 pounds = 64 cups, we can set up the following proportion:

1/4 cup / x servings = 4 pounds / 64 cups

Cross-multiplying gives us 1 cup x 64 servings = 4 pounds x 1/4 cup

Therefore, there are 64 servings in the bag.

Answer 2

16

Step-by-step explanation:

each pound has 3.6 cups

1/4 of a pound can be multiplied

3.6 x 1/4 = 0.9

then we subtract 4 - 3.6 = 0.4 say if the question was for one pound

But we have to find 14.4 cups instead as;

3.6 x 4 = 14.4 = 4 pounds

We go back to 0.9 are first smaller serving = 1/4 cup

14.4/0.9 = 16