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6.1 A Problem Solving Plan

Use what you have learned about the four-part problem solving plan to answer each question.

1. Jana is working in the ticket booth at the Elephant ride. She earns $8.00 per hour. If she works for seven hours, how much will she make in one day?

2. If Jana makes this amount of money for one day, how much will she make after five days of work?

3. If Jana works five days per week for one month, how much money will she make?

4. If Jana keeps up this schedule for the ten weeks of summer vacation, how much money will she have at the end of the summer?

5. Jana has decided to purchase a bicycle with her summer earnings. She picks out a great mountain bicycle that costs $256.99. How much money does she have left after purchasing the bicycle?

6. Zoey goes with Tyler to see the orangutans. She is really interested in how much an orangutan eats in one day. Zoey asks the zookeeper for this information. The zookeeper says that each orangutan will eat about 12 kg of fruit and vegetables every time it eats. They also eat every 6-8 hours. If an orangutan eats every 6-8 hours, how many times does one eat in a 24 hour period?

7. If an orangutan eats 12 kg every time it eats, and it eats three times per day, how many kilograms of food is consumed each day?

8. If the orangutan eats four times per day, how many kilograms of food is consumed?

9. If there are 12 orangutans in the habitat at the zoo, how many kilograms of food is consumed per feeding?

10. Given this number, if all 12 eat three times per day, how many kilograms are consumed in one day?

11. If all 12 eat four times per day, how many kilograms are consumed in one day?

12. A giraffe can step 15 feet in one step. If a giraffe takes nine steps, how many feet of ground did the giraffe cover?

13. If a giraffe’s tongue is 27 inches long, and a tree is 3 feet away from where he is standing, can the giraffe reach the tree with its tongue?

14. How many inches closer does the giraffe need to move to be able to reach the tree?

15. A male giraffe can eat up to 100 pounds of food in a day. If a female giraffe eats about half of what a male eats, how many pounds does the female consume in one day?

16. If a male giraffe were to eat 98 pounds of food in one day, how many pounds would be consumed in one week?

17. How much food would be consumed in one month?

18. If a giraffe travels 15 feet with one step, how many steps would it take the giraffe to cover 120 feet?

19. How many steps would it take for a giraffe to walk the length of a football field, which is 360 feet?

20. A small lion weighs in at 330 pounds. If a large lion weighs in at 500 pounds, what is the difference in weight between the two lions?

21. If there are four large lions in the habitat, how much do the lions weigh in all?

22. If there are five small lions in the habitat, what is the total weight of the small lions?

23. If a lion can sleep 20 hours in one day, how many hours is a lion asleep over a period of three days?

24. If a lion sleeps this much, how many hours is the lion awake over a period of three days?

25. Zebras are interesting animals. There are two types of zebras categorized by their scientific names. We can nickname the two types as Grevy’s and Burchell’s. A Grevy’s Zebra can weigh between 770 and 990 pounds. What is the difference between the smallest Grevy’s zebra and the largest Grevy’s zebra?

26. A Burchell’s zebra is smaller than a Grevy’s zebra, the Burchell’s zebra weighs from 485 pounds to 550 pounds. What is the difference between the smallest Burchell's zebra and the largest Burchell's zebra?

27. What is the weight difference between a small Grevy’s zebra and a small Burchell’s zebra?

28. What is the weight difference between a large Grevy’s zebra and a large Burchell’s zebra?

29. An adult African male elephant weighs 15,400 pounds. What is the difference between its weight and the weight of a large Burchell’s zebra?

30. What is the difference between the African elephant’s weight and the weight of the large Grevy’s zebra?