Question

Sarah has 35 bags of birdseed. He wants to put the birdseed into 6 bird feeders equally. How much of the bags will go in each feeder?

• A. $6\frac{1}{6}$
• B. $5\frac{5}{6}$
• C. $5\frac{1}{3}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $5\frac{5}{6}$

Sarah has 35 birdseed bags and 6 birds feeders.
So, she would have to divide the 35 birdseed bags equally among 6 birds feeders.
Each bird feeder would get $\frac{35}{6}$ bags.

divisor = 6
quotient = 5
remainder = 5
$\therefore \frac{35}{6}$ can be written as $\text{quotient}\frac{\text{remainder}}{\text{divisor}}$ i.e. $5\frac{5}{6}$