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A mother bottlenose dolphin ate about 278 pounds of food in one week. About how much food did she eat in a day?

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She eats about 40 pounds a day.
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So you just have to divide 278 by 7 since one week has seven days.


278÷7=39.714...


In the sentence it says "about" so you have to round off the number



39.714...

40


So the answer is about 40 pounds
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