Rainforest Math Problems #1
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
1. A bat can fly 5 miles in 1 night. How many miles can she fly in 8 nights?
2. One little monkey eats 8 figs in 1 day. How many figs does he eat in 6 days?
3. A poison dart frog ate 37 insects in one day. Six insects were flies; six insects were ants. The rest of the insects were mosquitoes. How many mosquitoes did the frog eat?
4. A strangler fig tree grows 3 crops of fruit in 1 year. How many crops will it grow in 12 years?
5. A blue morpho butterfly was an egg for 9 days, a caterpillar for 74 days, a chrysalis for 15 days, and an imago for 21 days. How many days was the morpho's life cycle?
6. How many weeks was the morpho's life cycle? Hint: Divide your answer to question number five by 7.
7. A mother crocodile laid 38 eggs. In 1 hour 17 eggs hatched. The rest hatched in the next hour. How many eggs hatched in the second hour?
8. In one day, a crocodile ate 7 fish, 3 crabs, 1 crane, 4 turtles, and 3 stones. How many animals did it eat altogether? Hint: Read carefully-this is a tricky question.
9. A leaf cutter ant has 6 legs. How many legs do 11 leaf cutter ants have?
10. 12 eagles live in 48 acres of forest. How many acres does each eagle have for hunting range? Hint: Divide acres by eagles.
Bonus Problem: Look back at the answers to the ten questions above. Which are even numbers? Which are odd? Hint: You can divide even numbers evenly in two. Odd numbers divided by two leave one left over.
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
1. A bat can fly 5 miles in 1 night. How many miles can she fly in 8 nights?
2. One little monkey eats 8 figs in 1 day. How many figs does he eat in 6 days?
3. A poison dart frog ate 37 insects in one day. Six insects were flies; six insects were ants. The rest of the insects were mosquitoes. How many mosquitoes did the frog eat?
4. A strangler fig tree grows 3 crops of fruit in 1 year. How many crops will it grow in 12 years?
5. A blue morpho butterfly was an egg for 9 days, a caterpillar for 74 days, a chrysalis for 15 days, and an imago for 21 days. How many days was the morpho's life cycle?
6. How many weeks was the morpho's life cycle? Hint: Divide your answer to question number five by 7.
7. A mother crocodile laid 38 eggs. In 1 hour 17 eggs hatched. The rest hatched in the next hour. How many eggs hatched in the second hour?
8. In one day, a crocodile ate 7 fish, 3 crabs, 1 crane, 4 turtles, and 3 stones. How many animals did it eat altogether? Hint: Read carefully-this is a tricky question.
9. A leaf cutter ant has 6 legs. How many legs do 11 leaf cutter ants have?
10. 12 eagles live in 48 acres of forest. How many acres does each eagle have for hunting range? Hint: Divide acres by eagles.
Bonus Problem: Look back at the answers to the ten questions above. Which are even numbers? Which are odd? Hint: You can divide even numbers evenly in two. Odd numbers divided by two leave one left over.