Hank buys his dog food in bulk. He recently just bought a 5 lb. bag of food. If he uses a scooper that holds 1/8 of a cup of food, how many days can he feed his dog?

User Icon for Ms. Sue Ms. Sue answered
6 years ago

A pound of dog food roughly translates to four cups.

5 lbs. = 20 cups

How much food does Hank feed his dog a day?

User Icon for imani imani answered
6 years ago

I dont know it does not make sence

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

To find out how many days Hank can feed his dog, we need to determine how many cups of food are in a 5 lb. bag and then divide it by the amount of food his scooper holds.

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.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To calculate the number of days Hank can feed his dog, we need to determine how many scoops are in a 5 lb. bag of food.

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.