Question

How many ants would 6 giant anteaters need to eat in one year to get the matter and energy they need? Write a simple formula to help you solve the problem. Then find the answer.

Answer 1

180,000 ants

Step-by-step explanation:

For this problem we can create the following simple formula to solve this problem...

f(x) = 6x

where the variable x represents the number of ants that a single Anteater needs to eat per day. After a quick online search we can see that a single Anteater eats roughly 30,000 ants per day. If we use this value and plug it into the simple formula we can get the total number of ants 6 anteaters need to eat to survive.

f(x) = 6 * 30,000

f(x) = 180,000