A shopper buys cat food in bags of 3 lbs. Her cat eats 34 3/4 lb each week. How many weeks does one bag last?   Draw a diagram to represent the situation and label your diagram so it can be followed by others. Answer the question. Write a multiplication or division equation to represent the situation. Multiply your answer in the first question (the number of weeks) by 3434. Did you get 3 as a result? If not, revise your previous work.

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A shopper buys cat food in bags of 3 lbs. Her cat eats 34 3/4 lb each week. How many weeks does one bag last?

 

  1. Draw a diagram to represent the situation and label your diagram so it can be followed by others. Answer the question.

  2. Write a multiplication or division equation to represent the situation.

  3. Multiply your answer in the first question (the number of weeks) by 3434. Did you get 3 as a result? If not, revise your previous work.

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