Question

Five cats each ate 1/4 cup of cat food. Six other cats each ate 1/5 cup of cat food.

How much food did the eleven cats eat?

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Answer 1

you need to multiply 5 by 1/4 (5 cats eat 1/4 cup of cat food). then you multiply 6 by 1/5 (6 cats eat 1/5 cup of cat food). the five cats eat 5/4 cups of cat food and six cats eat 6/5 cups of cat food. then add 5/4 and 6/5 and you get 49/20 or 2 9/10.

Answer 2

2 1/3 cups of cat food