Dirk has two pet mice. Among other things, he feeds them cup of dry pellets every week. How much dry food will he need for a year?
1 cup * 52 = ?
26 cups
What are the mice going to do the other half a year?
Hmmm -- When I went to school, 1 times any number was that number
Sorry i multiplied 52 by 1/2 instead i needed to multiply 52 by 1 which equals 52
To calculate how much dry food Dirk will need for a year, we need to know how much he feeds his mice in a week. Let's assume that he feeds each mouse 1/4 cup of dry pellets every week.
To find out how much dry food Dirk will need for a year, multiply the weekly amount by the number of weeks in a year.
1/4 cup/week * 2 mice = 1/4 cup/week * 2 = 1/2 cup/week
Now, calculate the amount of dry food needed for a year:
1/2 cup/week * 52 weeks/year = 26 cups/year
Therefore, Dirk will need 26 cups of dry food for a year to feed his two pet mice.