It was Sarah's job to fill her neighbor's bird feeders with sunflower seeds while they were on vacation. She was given 12 cups of seeds to fill the 3 bird feeders. She filled the bird feeders for a whole week.

How many cups of seeds did Sarah put in each bird feeder each day?

Answer with a explanation

The number of cups of seeds that Sarah put in each bird feeder each day is:

= 4/7 or 0.57 cups.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Number of cups of seeds = 12 cups

Number of bird feeders = 3

Therefore, each bird feeder will get 12/3 = 4 cups per week

In a week, there are 7 days.

This implies that each bird feeder will get 4/7 cups

This is equivalent to 0.57 cups for each bird feeder per day.

b) Sarah will be putting 4/7 cups of seeds in each bird feeder.  When 4/7 is multiplied by 3 *7, we get a total of 12 cups, which represent the total number of cups of seed given initially to Sarah.