Question

A student has
2
pounds of cereal. If the student eats
1
6
pound of cereal each day, how many days can the student eat cereal?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Given - Total amount of cereal student has : 2 pounds.

Amount of cereal student eats each day : 1/6

Find - Number of days when cereal finishes.

Solution - 1/6 pounds of cereal is finished by student in 1 day.

Then, 2 pounds of cereal will be finished by student in : 1/(1/6)*2

Thus, number of days taken by student to eat the complete cereal : 6*2 = 12.

Hence, student can eat the cereal for 12 days.