Question

Dan has three dogs. He feeds them these amounts of food each day. 1 1/2 cups, 2 1/3 cups, and 3 1/2 cups. Ben has two dogs. He feed them 3 1/4 cups and 4 1/2 cups of dog food per day. Who uses more dog food? How much more?

Answer 1

ben

5/12

Explanation:

1 1/2+2 1/3+3 1/4 = 22/3 -dan

3 1/4+4 1/2 = 31/4 -ben

ben - dan

31/4-22/3

=5/12