A dog owner has 8 2/3 pound bag of dog food. The owner feeds 3/8 of the bag of food to the dog. How much dog food does the owner use?
Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Given the statement:
A dog owner has 8 2/3 pound bag of dog food. The owner feeds 3/8 of the bag of food to the dog.
Determine how much dog food did the owner used.
Solution:
In order to determine how much dog food was used, we simply need to take 3/8 of 8 ⅔. First we must convert the mixed number into improper fraction. To do so, we multiply the whole number to the denominator, and then add the product to the numerator.
= 8 ⅔
= 26/3
Multiply 26/3 by 3/8.
= (26/3)(3/8)
=26/8
=3.25 pounds or 3 ¼ pounds
Final answer:
=3.25 pounds or 3 ¼ pounds were used.