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(5)/(6)\text{ cups=}(35)/(6)\text{ cups}`

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