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Polar Bears and Penguins: A Compare and Contrast Book
- Math Word Problems
1.
Most polar bear cubs are born in litters ranging from one to 4 cubs. If 7 female polar bears each have a litter of 2 cubs, how many cubs have been born?
10
12
14
2.
The Arctic Ocean touches 3 continents: Asia, Europe, and North America. If there are 7 continents in total, how many do not touch the Arctic Ocean?
3
4
7
3.
The smallest bear in the world is the Malayan sun bear. A fully grown sun bear can weigh as little as 60 pounds. The world's largest bear is the polar bear. The largest polar bear ever measured weighed 2210 pounds. What is the difference in weight between a small sun bear and the largest polar bear?
2150
2050
2010
4.
An emperor penguin can weigh as much as 100 pounds and is the largest of all living penguins. The smallest species of penguins is the little penguin (also called the blue penguin or the fairy penguin). A fully grown little penguin can weigh as little as 3 pounds. What is the difference in weight between the emperor penguin and the little penguin?
103 pounds
96 pounds
97 pounds
5.
At birth, polar bears weigh only about 1 pound. If a polar bear cub weighs 25 pounds when it leaves the den at four months old, how much weight has it gained since birth?
23 pounds
24 pounds
25 pounds
6.
There are 3 oceans that touch Antarctica: the Indian, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. If there are 4 oceans in all, write as a fraction the number of total oceans that touch Antarctica.
2/3
3/4
1/2
7.
An emperor penguin is 45 inches tall. There are 12 inches in a foot. If you were to write it's height in feet and inches, a 45 inch tall emperor penguin would be 3 feet and ___ inches tall.
9
10
11
8.
A rockhopper penguin can dive 300 feet deep under the water. If an advanced scuba diver can only dive to 100 feet under water, what is the difference between the depth of the rockhopper penguin and the depth of the human scuba diver?
150 feet
200 feet
250 feet
9.
An African penguin is about 2 feet tall. If there are 12 inches in a foot, how many inches tall is an African penguin?
14
18
24
10.
A rockhopper penguin can dive 300 feet deep under the water. An adelie penguin can dive 575 feet underwater. How much deeper can an adelie penguin dive than a rockhopper?
250 feet
275 feet
300 feet
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