Last week, Malika’s cat slept 18 hours each day. Her baby slept 91 hours total for the week. Compare the proportional relationship of the number of hours the cat and baby sleep each day.(1 point)

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Responses

The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.
The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.

The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.
The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.

The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.
The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.

Both the cat and the baby spend less than half the hours of the day sleeping.
Both the cat and the baby spend less than half the hours of the day sleeping.

Answer 1

To compare the sleeping hours of Malika's cat and her baby, we first need to establish how many hours each sleeps per day.

Cat:

• The cat sleeps 18 hours per day.
• Over a week (7 days), the total sleep for the cat would be: \( 18 \text{ hours/day} \times 7 \text{ days} = 126 \text{ hours} \)

Baby:

• The baby slept a total of 91 hours for the week.
• To find the daily average for the baby, we calculate: \( 91 \text{ hours} \div 7 \text{ days} \approx 13 \text{ hours/day} \)

Now, we can compare the sleeping hours:

• Cat: 18 hours per day
• Baby: ~13 hours per day

From this comparison, we can draw the conclusion that:

The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.

So, the correct response is:

• The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.