Food Consumption:

The sixth graders have carefully measured the amount of food the chickens eat. We opened a new bag of chicken food on Sunday 3/29/2009. We ran out of food from that bag on Tuesday 4/7/2009.

Please answer the following questions:

1. How many days did the chicken food last?

2. If we have 18 more bags, how many days will the food last if the current rate of consumption stays the same?

3. Do you think the current rate of consumption will stay the same or will it change? Explain your answer. How will the chicken's environment change in the next few months? Will the change cause more or less food consumption? Explain.

You can discuss this with me or your classmates before you answer. You will probably need some scratch paper to do the calculations necessary to answer these questions.

Remember, you are high school students. Give me good, high school answers (that means THINK before you write!!!).

Food Consumption

Recently, I ordered 20 bags of chicken food. Each bag is 50 pounds. How many pounds of chicken food did I order (yes Ashley, this is another Math question!)?

We need to figure out how long the food is going to last.

I need all of you to come up with a plan so that we can see if we have enough food to last through the summer.

In your response, please carefully explain how we can figure this problem out. After all, if we run out of food before I return in August, the chickens will die, and the elders will not have anymore eggs. We want healthy, happy birds!

Please think carefully and come up with a plan so that we can accurately calculate how long our food will last.