Question

Benny the tiger, eats 12.5 pounds of meat per day. Each pound of meat costs $3.10. Jasmine prefers hay and alfalfa. She eats 200 pounds a day.Which animal cost more to feed each day? Show how you know

Answer 1

Benny the tiger costs more to feed each day because he eats 12.5 pounds of meat per day, which costs $38.75 ($3.10 x 12.5). Jasmine eats 200 pounds of hay and alfalfa, which costs $0.00, since hay and alfalfa are not typically purchased with money. Therefore, Benny the tiger costs more to feed each day.