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Amphibians and Reptiles: A Compare and Contrast Book - Math Word Problems

	1. Loggerhead turtles can live up to 50 years. If a loggerhead is 10 years old, what fraction of her life has passed? 1/5 1/10 5/10

	2. As for many types of reptiles, the temperature of the eggs affects whether the hatchlings will be male or female. When tuatara eggs are kept at 68 degrees Farenheit, 80% of the tuatara will be female. If a tuatara lays 10 eggs in soil that stays about 68*F, how many will be female? 5 8 10

	3. When the temperature is hotter, more tuatara males are born. If a group of 10 tuatara eggs are kept at 72*F, 8 of the 10 hatchlings are male. What fraction is this? 8/100 4/5 1/10

	4. Fifteen spotted salamanders wriggle in a pond. If five climb up onto a rock, what fraction are still in the water? 1/4 1/3 2/3

	5. An adult American alligator weighs 500 pounds. If a young alligator weighs 400 pounds, it is what fraction of its adult weight? 4/5 8/10 1/2

	6. A Burmese python lays an average of 35 eggs at a time. If five eggs are eaten by another snake, what fraction of the eggs were eaten? 6/7 4/7 1/7

	7. A hundred tadpoles swim in the water. Twenty grow legs and climb up onto land. What percent are still in the water? 20% 80% 100%

	8. Fifty turtles scramble ouf of their eggs in the sand. If half of them make it to the ocean, how many are in the water? 20 25 30

	9. There are 3000 species of snakes in the world; 600 of them are venomous. What fraction of snakes are NOT venomous? 1/5 4/5 6/10

	10. Ten lizards squirm under a rock. A bird overhead flies down and eats 20% of the lizards. How many lizards did the bird eat? 2 8 10

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