Seven pounds of birdseed is used to fill 4 identical bird feeders. a.how many pounds of birdseed are used to fill each bird feeder?

You would put 1.75 pounds in each birdfeeder

To find that out you would do 7 divided by 4 and you get 1.75. 1.75 is how many pounds are used to fill each bird feeder

The word 'percent' means 'for every 100' or 'per 100'. And the word 'per' can be the fraction line that separate the numerator and denominator. 

So, 120% can be read as '120 per 100'.

Simplify.



Convert the improper fraction into a mixed number.



So, 1 1/5 is the answer.