Rainforest Math Problems #2
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1. A large howler monkey can eat 43 figs in one day. How many figs can she eat in 37 days?
2. A poison dart frog ate 437 insects. 125 were flies; 32 were ants. The rest were mosquitoes. How many mosquitoes did the frog eat?
3. A harpy eagle's hunting range is a rectangle--4 miles on the short side, 6 miles on the long side. How many square miles is her range?
4. Together, 52 crocodiles lay 2067 eggs. On average, how many eggs does each crocodile lay?
5. The scale on the wing of a blue morpho butterfly is 1/100 of an inch wide. How many scales could you line up on a wing 3 1/4 inches wide? Hint: Divide 3 1/4 by 1/100.
6. Together, 1 male bat and 5 female bats eat 75 figs in 1 night. On average, how many figs does each bat eat?
7. 1,375,632 leaf cutter ants live in one colony. 3,874,922 live in a second colony. How many more ants live in the second colony?
8. One scientist counted 10,947 ants in one day and 9,544 ants on another day. How many ants did she count on both days?
9. One strangler fig tree is 75 9/16 feet tall. Another fig tree is 67 3/8 feet tall. How much taller is the first tree?
10. A monkey sleeps 12 hours every day. What percent of his time does he spend sleeping? Remember: There are 24 hours in a day.
Bonus Problem: Look back at the answers to the ten questions above. Which are whole numbers? Which are even numbers? Which are odd numbers?
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
1. A large howler monkey can eat 43 figs in one day. How many figs can she eat in 37 days?
2. A poison dart frog ate 437 insects. 125 were flies; 32 were ants. The rest were mosquitoes. How many mosquitoes did the frog eat?
3. A harpy eagle's hunting range is a rectangle--4 miles on the short side, 6 miles on the long side. How many square miles is her range?
4. Together, 52 crocodiles lay 2067 eggs. On average, how many eggs does each crocodile lay?
5. The scale on the wing of a blue morpho butterfly is 1/100 of an inch wide. How many scales could you line up on a wing 3 1/4 inches wide? Hint: Divide 3 1/4 by 1/100.
6. Together, 1 male bat and 5 female bats eat 75 figs in 1 night. On average, how many figs does each bat eat?
7. 1,375,632 leaf cutter ants live in one colony. 3,874,922 live in a second colony. How many more ants live in the second colony?
8. One scientist counted 10,947 ants in one day and 9,544 ants on another day. How many ants did she count on both days?
9. One strangler fig tree is 75 9/16 feet tall. Another fig tree is 67 3/8 feet tall. How much taller is the first tree?
10. A monkey sleeps 12 hours every day. What percent of his time does he spend sleeping? Remember: There are 24 hours in a day.
Bonus Problem: Look back at the answers to the ten questions above. Which are whole numbers? Which are even numbers? Which are odd numbers?