Question

Over the summer, Mr. Patel refilled a bird feeder 24 times using 6 cups of seed each time. A bag of seeds holds 32 cups. How many bags of seed did Mr. Patel use. Describe one way to solve the problem.

Answer 1

Mr. Patel used a total of 144 cups of seed over the summer, which means he needed 4.5 bags of 32-cup seed bags. Thus, he had to buy 5 bags to have enough seed.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many bags of seed Mr. Patel used, we first calculate the total amount of seed he used over the summer. He refilled the bird feeder 24 times, using 6 cups of seed each time. To get the total number of cups used, we multiply these two numbers together:

24 refills × 6 cups per refill = 144 cups of seed used

Next, we want to know how many 32-cup bags of seed would be needed to get to 144 cups. We divide the total cups used by the number of cups in one bag:

144 cups ÷ 32 cups per bag = 4.5 bags of seed

Since he cannot purchase half a bag, Mr. Patel would need to buy 5 bags of seed to have enough, assuming that any unused seed could be stored for later use.