Question

Michelle has 8 1/4 pounds of dry cat food for her cat smokey. She places the cat food into 3 containers to use at later date. How much cat food will be in each container

Answer 1

Each container contains
`2.5 \ pounds \ \ OR \ \ (11)/(4) \ pounds \ \ OR \ \ 2 (3)/(4) \ pounds` of cat food.

Explanation:

Given:

Amount of cat food = 8 1\4 pounds.

Also 8 1\4 can be rewritten as 8.25 pounds

Number of containers =3

We need to find the amount of cat food in each container.

Amount of cat food in each container can be calculated by Dividing Amount of cat food she has with number of Containers.

Amount of cat food in each container =
`(8.25)/(3)= 2.75 \ pounds`

2.75 pounds ca be rewritten as
`(11)/(4) \ pounds \ \ OR \ \ 2 (3)/(4) \ pounds`

Hence Each container contains
`2.5 \ pounds \ \ OR \ \ (11)/(4) \ pounds \ \ OR \ \ 2 (3)/(4) \ pounds` of cat food.