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)
Responses
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 slept fewer hours per day than the baby.
The cat slept fewer hours per day than the baby.
The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.
The cat and the baby slept the same amount of hours total for the week.
The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.
The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.
The baby slept fewer hours per day than the cat.
To compare the proportional relationship of the number of hours the cat and baby sleep each day, we first need to find the number of hours each of them sleeps per day.
The cat slept 18 hours each day, so we'll take 18 hours and divide it by the number of days in a week (7 days): 18 / 7 = 2.5714 hours per day (rounded to the nearest decimal place).
The baby slept a total of 91 hours for the week. To find the number of hours per day, we'll take 91 hours and divide it by 7 days: 91 / 7 = 13 hours per day.
Now that we have the number of hours each of them sleeps per day, we can compare them.
The cat sleeps 2.5714 hours per day, which is less than half of the 24 hours in a day. Similarly, the baby sleeps 13 hours per day, which is also less than half of the 24 hours in a day.
Therefore, the answer is: Both the cat and the baby spend less than half the hours of the day sleeping.