The bag contains 4 cups of bird seeds for the Cougar Scouts.
What is a fraction ?
A fraction is the value of a given number after the decimal point.
There are two types of fraction they are proper fraction and improper fraction in proper fraction numerator is less than the denominator and in improper fraction numerator is greater than the denominator.
According to the given question
The bag of bird seeds are evenly distributed among 16 cougar scouts.
Each scout gets 1/4th cup of bird seeds.
Assuming bird seeds to be x cups
∴ x = (1/4) × 16
x = 4 cups
So, the amount of birdseed present in the bag is 4 cups.