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

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

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

Answer 1

To compare the sleeping hours of Malika's cat and baby:

1. Cat: The cat sleeps 18 hours each day. Over a week (7 days), the total hours slept by the cat is: \( 18 \text{ hours/day} \times 7 \text{ days} = 126 \text{ hours} \)

2. Baby: The baby slept a total of 91 hours for the week.

Now, let's determine the average daily sleep for the baby: \( 91 \text{ hours/week} \div 7 \text{ days/week} = 13 \text{ hours/day} \)

Now we can compare:

• Average daily sleep of the cat: 18 hours/day
• Average daily sleep of the baby: 13 hours/day

From this comparison, 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.