Question

Sam needs to feed 10 dogs at the animal
shelter. The dog food is sold in 5 pounds. How many bags of dog food will he need to feed the dog for an entire week? Estimate your answer.(first estimate then multiply)

Answer 1

You've left out some important information. How much food does each dog eat a day?

Answer 2

sam needs to feed 10 dogs at the animal
shelter. The dog food is sold in 5 pounds. Each dog eats 2 pounds of dog food each day. How many bags of dog food will he need to feed the dogs for the entire week? estimate your answer.(first estimate then multiply)

Answer 3

What do you estimate the answer to be?

Now let's figure it out.
10 dogs at 2 pounds a day = ?

7 days times the total number of pounds the 10 dogs eat = ?

Finally, divide the number of pounds the 10 dogs eat in a week by 5 pounds to find the number of bags needed.