A pound of dog food roughly translates to four cups.
5 lbs. = 20 cups
How much food does Hank feed his dog a day?
5 lbs. = 20 cups
How much food does Hank feed his dog a day?
Step 1: Convert pounds to cups
One pound of dog food is approximately equal to 3.6 cups. Therefore, a 5 lb. bag is equal to:
5 lb. * 3.6 cups/lb. = 18 cups
Step 2: Determine the number of days
Since Hank's scooper holds 1/8 of a cup of food, we need to divide the total cups of food by the amount of food the scooper holds:
18 cups / (1/8 cup/scoop) = 18 cups * (8 scoops/cup) = 144 scoops
Hence, Hank can feed his dog for 144 days with the 5 lb. bag of food using the 1/8 cup scooper.
First, we need to convert pounds to cups, as 1 lb. is equivalent to approximately 2.27 cups. So, a 5 lb. bag of food will be approximately 11.35 cups.
Next, we need to find out how many scoops are in one cup. Since the scooper holds 1/8 of a cup, we can multiply 1/8 by 1 to get the number of scoops in one cup, which is 8.
Now, to find the total number of scoops in the 5 lb. bag of food, we multiply the number of scoops in one cup (8) by the number of cups in the bag (11.35):
Total scoops = 8 scoops/cup * 11.35 cups = 90.8 scoops
Since you can't have a fraction of a scoop, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, there are 90 scoops in the 5 lb. bag of food.
Finally, we divide the number of scoops (90) by the number of scoops per day to determine how many days Hank can feed his dog:
Number of days = Total scoops / Scoops per day
Assuming Hank feeds his dog one scoop per day, we have:
Number of days = 90 scoops / 1 scoop per day = 90 days
Therefore, Hank can feed his dog for approximately 90 days with a 5 lb. bag of food using a scooper that holds 1/8 of a cup.