Dinosaur Math Challenge

If a dinosaur population is currently at 1,000 and is growing at a rate of 8% per year, how many dinosaurs will there be in 5 years?

• 1,469 dinosaurs

• 2,000 dinosaurs

• 1,200 dinosaurs

• 800 dinosaurs

If a dinosaur laid 150 eggs and 1/3 of them hatched, how many eggs hatched?

• 25

• 50

• 100

• 75

A Velociraptor can jump 3 times its own height. If a Velociraptor is 1.5 meters tall, how high (in m) can it jump?

(a)  

If a group of dinosaurs laid 200 eggs and 40% of them hatched, how many eggs hatched?

• 80

• 60

• 100

• 120

A Pteranodon can fly at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. If it flies continuously for 4 hours, how far ( in km) will it have traveled?

(a)  

• A Velociraptor was a fast-running dinosaur and could reach speeds of 64 km/h. If it needed to cover a distance of 200 km, how long exactly in minutes (not in hours) , would it take for the Velociraptor to run this distance at its top speed?

(a)  

In a certain region, the dinosaur population doubles every 5 years. If there are currently 500 dinosaurs, estimate the population after 15 years.

(a)  

A team of paleontologists excavates a dinosaur fossil site. On the first day, they find 12 fossils. If each day they find 3 more fossils than the previous day, how many fossils will they find on the fifth day?

(a)  

The Mesozoic Era, known as the Age of Dinosaurs, lasted approximately 180 million years. If the Cretaceous Period, one of the periods within the Mesozoic Era, lasted 80 million years, what percentage of the Mesozoic Era does it represent?

• 144%

• 44.44%

• 14.4%

• 55.56%

The heights (in meters) of a sample of 10 different dinosaurs are as follows: 4, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 5, 8. Find the mode of the dinosaur heights.

(a)