All Harriet wants for her
12th birthday is a Dwarf Hamster,
maybe even more than one so the
hamster won’t get lonely. To prove to
her parents how responsible she can
be, she bought a cage that has a
12-inch by 2 ½ foot floor space and
even did some research on the
needs of Dwarf Hamsters. Harriet
found that each Dwarf Hamster
requires at least ⅔ square foot of
living space. How many Dwarf
Hamsters can live in the cage Hariet
purchased?
+36916 12 inches = 1 foot
so the cage has an area of L x W = 1 x 2.5 = 2.5 sq ft
2.5 sq ft / (2/3 sqft per hamster ) = 2.5 * 3/2 = 7.5 / 2 = 3.75 hamsters Basically enough room for 3 Dwarf Hamsters
