Question

Elmer's black lab eats two and a half boxes of dog treats per month. how many boxes of treats will a dog eat at 4 months ?

Answer 1

We have

1 month --- 2 1/2 boxes

4 months --- x boxes

in order to find the number of boxes we will use crossed multiplication

`(4)/(1)\cdot(2(1)/(2))=10`

ANSWER

4 months ---- 10 boxes