Question 134619: Trying to write an equation for this problem: "As part of its diet, a dog is fed 8 ounces of food per day. The food is sold in 1-pound-cans. How many cans of food are needed for the dog each week?" We have only done addition and subtraction equations, no multiplication or division. Thank you.
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Well, you are going to have to step right out and try some multiplication and division to get this one done.
There are 16 ounces in a pound, so  means that you will use a can of food every 2 days, or put another way, you will use  of a can of food each day.
There are 7 days in a week, unless you have a dog that lets you take weekends off (yeah, right), so 7 days times 1/2 can of food per day is 7/2 cans of food per week.
As for an equation, let x be the number of ounces of food given the dog each day, and C be the number of cans of food needed for a week, then:
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