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

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 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.

Answer 1

To compare the proportional relationship of the number of hours the cat and baby sleep each day, we first need to determine how many hours the baby sleeps each day.

1. The cat sleeps 18 hours each day. Over the course of a week (7 days), the total sleep for the cat would be: \[ 18 \text{ hours/day} \times 7 \text{ days} = 126 \text{ hours} \]

2. The baby sleeps a total of 91 hours for the week. To find out how many hours the baby sleeps per day, we divide the total hours by the number of days in a week: \[ \frac{91 \text{ hours}}{7 \text{ days}} = 13 \text{ hours/day} \]

Now we can compare the two:

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

From this comparison, we can conclude that:

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

Therefore, the correct response is:

The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.