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)
You've left out some important information. How much food does each dog eat a day?
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)
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.
To estimate the number of bags of dog food Sam will need, we can assume that each dog will need approximately 1 pound of food per day. Since there are 10 dogs, Sam will need 10 pounds of food for one day.
To find out how much dog food Sam will need for an entire week, we can simply multiply the amount needed for one day by the number of days in a week (7 days).
1 day × 10 pounds × 7 days = 70 pounds of dog food for a week.
Since the dog food is sold in 5-pound bags, we can divide the total pounds of dog food needed by the weight of each bag.
70 pounds ÷ 5 pounds = 14 bags of dog food.
Therefore, Sam will need approximately 14 bags of dog food to feed the dogs for an entire week.