Question

A population of ants is 10,000 at the start of April. Since then, it triples each month.

Month since April Number of Ants

0

1

2

3

4

Answer 1

Month since April Number of Ants

0 10,000

1 30,000

2 90,000

3 270,000

4 810,000

Every month, the ant population triples so the multiply the previous population by 3 to find out the new population.

0 months from April = 10,000 * 1 = 10,000 ants

1 month from April = 10,000 * 3 = 30,000 ants

2 months from April = 30,000 * 3 = 90,000 ants

3 months from April = 90,000 * 3 = 270,000 ants

4 months from April = 270,000 * 3 = 810,000