Mary Beth has 41.8 of horse feed left to feed her horses. She feeds her horses 7 pounds of horse feed a day. About how many days will the horses feed last?

The horses feed will last approximately 6 days.

To answer your question, you need to divide 41.8 and 7 so 41.8/7. You're doing this because since you have the total and 7 lbs per day, now you need to find how many days. IF you divide, you'll get 5.97 which rounds to 6. The question says about so your rounding to the nearest whole. The answer is about 6 days.