Question

Mr. Smith has a honeybee colony on his farm. On average, 1,000 bees can gather enough nectar for 1 ounce of honey each day. If Mr. Smith wants his bees to produce 3.5 pounds of honey each week, how many bees will he need in his bee colony?

Answer 1

Answer:

56,000 bees or 8,000 bees every day for 7 days

Step-by-step explanation:

16 ounces = a pound so 16,000 bees we need to know how many bees we need so we do 16,000 times 3 =48,000 bees but we go .5 left so we divide the 16,000 into 8,000 and add that to 48,000 to = 56,000 bees to produce 3.5 pounds of honey every week there are also 7 days in a week so you can do 56,000 divide by 7 to = 8,000 bees per day to get 3.5 pounds of honey