suppose a penguin eats about 5 pounds
of krill a day. about what number of
krill does the penguin eat in 100 days?
(hint: 1 pound =16 ounces.)
What is the weight of a krill?
30 antartic krill weigh about 1 ounce
altogether.
To find out the number of krill that a penguin eats in 100 days, we first need to convert pounds to ounces, as given in the hint that 1 pound equals 16 ounces.
Since the penguin eats 5 pounds of krill per day, we need to multiply this by 16 to get the number of ounces consumed in a day.
5 pounds * 16 ounces/pound = 80 ounces/day
Now, to find the total number of krill eaten in 100 days, we multiply the number of ounces eaten per day by the number of days.
80 ounces/day * 100 days = 8000 ounces
Therefore, the penguin eats about 8000 krill in 100 days.