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.

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.

The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.

Answer 1

To compare the sleep patterns of Malika's cat and her baby, we first need to determine the average number of hours each sleeps per day.

1. Cat's Sleep: The cat sleeps 18 hours each day.
2. Baby's Sleep: The baby sleeps a total of 91 hours for the week. Since there are 7 days in a week, we calculate the baby's daily sleep: \[ \text{Baby's daily sleep} = \frac{91 \text{ hours}}{7 \text{ days}} = 13 \text{ hours/day} \]

Now we can compare the two:

• The cat sleeps 18 hours/day.
• The baby sleeps 13 hours/day.

Based on this information, we can conclude 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.