Dean works with baby animals at a Zoo. This week he measured a giraffe, an ape and a tiger. The tiger had grown 4 inches less than the giraffe. The giraffe had grown twice as much as the ape. The baby ape had grown 6 inches since it was measured the last time.
How many inches had the tiger grown?
show your work and explain your answer.
This is not third grade.
deff. not 3rd grade.. but anyways..
say tiger= giraffe-4inches
girafee= 2 x ape
ape= 6 inches
therefore,
giraffe= 2 x 6= 12 inches
therefore,
tiger= 12 inches - 4 inches =8 inches
The giraffe grew 12in. The tiger grew 8in.
To find out how many inches the tiger had grown, we need to break down the information given step by step:
1. The baby ape had grown 6 inches since it was last measured.
2. The giraffe had grown twice as much as the ape.
3. The tiger had grown 4 inches less than the giraffe.
Let's calculate each step:
Step 1: The baby ape had grown 6 inches.
Step 2: The giraffe had grown twice as much as the ape. Since the ape grew 6 inches, the giraffe grew 2 * 6 = 12 inches.
Step 3: The tiger had grown 4 inches less than the giraffe. Since the giraffe grew 12 inches, the tiger grew 12 - 4 = 8 inches.
Therefore, the tiger had grown 8 inches.