Question

Bernard's bird feeder holds 4 1/2 cups of birdseed. Bernard is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 9/10 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will Bernard put into the feeder? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

5 scoops

Explanation:

Given

`Feeder = 4(1)/(2)`

`Scoop = (9)/(10)`

Required

Determine the number of scoop in a feeder

To do this, we simply divide the size of the feeder by the size of the scoop as follows;

`Number = (Feeder)/(Scoop)`

`Number = 4(1)/(2)/(9)/(10)`

Convert Fractions to improper

`Number = (9)/(2)/(9)/(10)`

`Number = (9)/(2)*(10)/(9)`

`Number = (9 * 10)/(2 * 9)`

`Number = (90)/(18)`

`Number = 5`

Hence, there are 5 scoops in a feeder