Question

Hassan's birf feeder hold 5 5/6 cups of birdseed. Hassan is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 5/6 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will Hassan put into the feeder

Answer 1

Consider that Hassan's feeder holds a 5 whole cup and a (5/6)th of a cup additionally.

So we can say that the capacity of the feeder is,

$\text{Capacity}=5\frac{5}{6}\text{ cups=}\frac{35}{6}\text{ cups}$

Given that a scoop holds (5/6)th of a cup,

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