Calculating Rates

Eric the elderly emu eats 3.5kg of dried fruit per week. What does he eat per day?

• 0.5kg

• 5000g

• 50g

• 150g

It takes lincoln the lonely loon 3 days to fly across MN. What is his average speed if the distance across MN is 145 miles

• about 48 miles per hour

• about 48 miles per day

• about 3 miles per hour

• about 3 miles per day

Mack the musical moose practices his trombone 4 hours per day except on Sundays when he performs. How many hours does he play in 4 weeks?

• 16 hours

• 84 hours

• 32 hours per week

• 96 hours

Amy the ambivalent aardvark asks to be given 50 minutes to eat her ants for dinner. She consumes 950 ants during dinner. At what rate does she eat ants?

• 110 ants per min

• 11 ants per min

• 19 ants per min

• 21 ants per min

Francisco the fabulous fish swims at a rate of 7mph. How long would it take him to swim the Mississippi River? 2348 miles

• approx 335 hours

• approx 335 days

• approx 426 hours

• approx 426 days

Haymitch the hairy Hyena travels 3 days for 12 hours per day at 6.2 mph. How far did Haymitch travel?

• 223.2 miles

• 188.7 miles

• 520.8 miles

• 74.4 miles

George the Ginormous Goose can stay under water for up to 65 seconds looking for fish. He must then stay above water for 30 seconds. What is the maximum time George stay submerged under water in 5 minutes?

• 65 seconds

• 195 seconds

• 210 seconds

• 130 seconds

Tyrone the talented tarantula catches 14 insects per day on average. How many does he catch in 1 year (non-leap year)?

• 4876 insects

• 3908 insects

• 5110 insects

• 12,334 insects

Ricky the rambunctious rhino plays for 2 hours every day. He sleeps for 14 hours every day. How much time does he spend awake per day?

• 16 hours

• 10 hours

• 8 hours

• 18 hours

Isabella the irritated iguana injects her victims with harmless venom. It would take 900mL of Venom to subdue a human. She can inject at a rate of 3mL per second. How many minutes would the bite have to continue to subdue the human?

• 3 hours

• 30 min

• 5 min

• 5 hours