Question

A whale weighs 4 tons. A great white shark weighs 10,200 pounds. How many

more POUNDS does the shark weigh than the whale?!?!?

Answer 1

Your answer would be C).
Because. 1 ton equals 2,000 pounds. So you take 2,000 pounds and times it by 4 because a whale weighs 4 tons. That gives you 8,000 pounds.

Now to find out how much more the the shark weighs in pounds you take the weight of the shark (10,200 pounds) and minus that by the weight of the whale in pounds(8,00) so 10,200-8,00 equals 2,200 and that’s your answer!!

Hope this helps

Answer 2

C: The shark weighs 2200 pounds more than the whale.

Explanation:

So you have to remember first that one ton is equal to 2,000 pounds. Then, we convert tons to pounds (for the whale) to get 4(2,000)=8,000 pounds. So, the whale weighs 8,000 pounds. The shark weighs 10,200 pounds, so all you have to do now is do 10,200-8,000 to get 2,200 pounds. So, the answer is C.