Question

The class has a lizard and a frog. The lizard eats the same number of insects each day.

The frog also eats the same number of insects each day. On day one, the lizard eats
fourteen insects and the frog eats ten insects. By day five, the lizard has eaten five times
the number of insects he ate on day one. In total, how many insects has the lizard eaten
by day five? On what day will the frog's total be the same as the lizard's day 5 total?
Show all your mathematical thinking.

Answer 1

Answer: 7 days

Frog: 10 insects a day

Lizard: 14 insects a day

Explanation: The lizard eats 14 incests a day. After 5 days he has eaten 70 insects. I know this because 14x5=70. If the frog wants to eat the same amount, he will need to eat for 7 days to have eaten the same amount of food the lizard has on day 5. I know this because 10x7=70