Tina feeds her birds exactly 1 5/6 small measuring cups of bird feed each time she feeds them. If she has fed them exactly 27 1/2 cups so far, how many times has she given food to the birds?(1 point) Responses

Question

Tina feeds her birds exactly 1 5/6 small measuring cups of bird feed each time she feeds them. If she has fed them exactly 27 1/2 cups so far, how many times has she given food to the birds?(1 point) Responses

15 times 15 times
29 1/3 times 29 1/3 times
25 2/3 times 25 2/3 times
50 5/12 times

Answer 1

To find the number of times Tina has given food to the birds, we need to divide the total amount of bird feed she has given them (27 1/2 cups) by the amount she gives them each time (1 5/6 cups).

Let's convert 27 1/2 cups to an improper fraction:
27 1/2 = (2 * 27) + 1/2 = 54/2 + 1/2 = 55/2

Now let's convert 1 5/6 cups to an improper fraction:
1 5/6 = (6 * 1) + 5/6 = 6/6 + 5/6 = 11/6

To find the number of times Tina has given food to the birds, we divide the total amount of bird feed by the amount she gives them each time:
55/2 ÷ 11/6 = 55/2 * 6/11 = (55 * 6) / (2 * 11) = 330/22 = 15

So Tina has given food to the birds 15 times.
Therefore, the answer is 15.

Answer 2

To find out how many times Tina has given food to the birds, we can divide the total amount of bird feed she has provided by the amount she gives each time.

Total amount of bird feed provided = 27 1/2 cups
Amount Tina feeds each time = 1 5/6 cups

To divide fractions, we need to convert the mixed number (27 1/2) to an improper fraction.

27 1/2 = (27 * 2 + 1) / 2 = 55/2

Now we can divide:

55/2 ÷ 1 5/6

To divide fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

55/2 × 6/11

To simplify the multiplication, we can cancel down common factors.

(55 × 6) / (2 × 11) = 330/22 = 15

Therefore, Tina has given food to the birds 15 times.

Answer 3

To find out how many times Tina has given food to the birds, we can divide the total amount of bird feed she has given by the amount she feeds them each time.

Tina feeds her birds 1 5/6 small measuring cups of bird feed each time.

So, we need to divide 27 1/2 by 1 5/6.

To divide fractions, we need to invert (flip) the divisor (the number we are dividing by) and then multiply.

Inverting 1 5/6 gives us 6/11.

Now, we can multiply 27 1/2 by 6/11:

27 1/2 * 6/11 = (27 * 2 + 1) / 2 * 6/11 = 55/2 * 6/11 = 330/22 = 15

So, Tina has given food to the birds 15 times.

Therefore, the correct answer is 15 times.