Question

Stefan has 4 1/2 cups of oats. He uses 3 1/4 cups to make granola bars for a camping trip. He saves the rest of the oats to feed to his parrot, Coco. If Coco needs 1/4 of a cup of oats each day, how many days can Stefan feed Coco with the oats he has left?

Answer 1

4 1/2 - 3 1/4 = 1 1/4 cups

1 1/4 cups / 1/4 = 5

Therefore he has enough oats to feed Coco for 5 days. Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

You need to find how many days Stefan can feed Coco with the oats he has left. But first, you need to know how many cups of oats Stefan has left after making granola bars.

Stefan has 4

1

2

cups of oats, and he uses 3

1

4

cups to make granola bars.

Start by writing 4

1

2

with a denominator of 4. Then both fractions will have the same denominator.

4

1

2

=4

2

4

Subtract. Remember to subtract whole numbers from whole numbers and fractions from fractions.

4

2

4

–3

1

4

=1

1

4

Stefan has 1

1  

4

cups of oats left.