word problem!!!

Question

The average polar bear weighs 1,200 pounds. The average grizzly bear weighs 800 pounds. The average black bear weighs 400 pounds. The average polar bear weighs how many times more than the average black bear?

 

 

The average grizzly bear weighs how many times more than the average black bear?

Answer 1

Visually

 

0= black bear 400lbs                                

                                                              0

0                                                            0 =polar bear 1200 lbs

0= grizzly bear 800lbs                              0

 

If you create a visual representation the problem becomes a lot more clear.

 

Each one of the 0 represents 400lbs.

 

So the grizzly needs 2 0's to equate to the grizzly's 800lbs weight.

So the Grizzly weighs twice as much as the Black Bear

 

Same for the polar bear: 3 0's would create the polar bear's weight

so the polar bear weighs 3 times more than the Black Bear.

 

Mathematically:

800/400=2

so the grizzly weighs twice as much as the black bear.

1200/400=3

so the polar bear weighs three times as much the black bear

 

A good hint for word problems is to draw the problem out.