Question

Wilma works at a bird sanctuary and stores bird seed in plastic containers. She has 5 small containers that holds 8 pounds of bird seed each and 6 large containers that hold 12 pounds of bird seed each. Each container was full until she used 4 pounds of bird seed. She wants to put some of the remaining bordered into 26 bird feeders that can hold 2 pounds each. How much birdseed does she have left over? Show the expression you used to find your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: 56lb

Explanation:

Wilma has:

5 small containers that hold 8 lb each: Here we have a total of 5*8lb = 40 lb

6 large containers that hold 12 lb each: Here we have a total of 6*12lb = 72 lb

There is a total of 40lb + 72lb = 112 lb.

Now we know that she uses 4 lb, so now she has:

112lb - 4lb = 108lb.

Now she wants to fill 26 bird feeders, that can hold 2 lb each.

So she needs 26*2lb = 52lb

The amount of bird seeds that she has left is:

108lb - 52lb = 56lb