Question

Over the summer, Mr. Patel refilled a bird feeder 24 times using 6 cups of seed each time. A bag of seeds holds 32 cups. How many bags of seed did Mr. Patel use?

Answer 1

Mr. Patel used 4.5 bags of seed

Solution:

Given that,

Over the summer, Mr. Patel refilled a bird feeder 24 times using 6 cups of seed each time

A bag of seeds holds 32 cups

1 bag of seed = 32 cups

Given that Patel refilled 24 times using 6 cups of seed each time

Then, the number of cups used for the 24 times  is given as:

$6 \times 24 = 144$

Now we have to find the bags of seed needed for 144 cups

Let "x" be the number of bags of seed for 144 cups

From given,

1 bag of seed = 32 cups

"x" bags of seed = 144 cups

This forms a proportion and we can solve it by cross multiplying

$144 \times 1 = 32 \times x\\\\144 = 32x\\\\x = \frac{144}{32}\\\\x = 4.5$

Thus 4.5 bags of seed is used by Mr.patel