Question

The average mass of an elephant is 1.3 * 10 ⁴ pounds and the average mass of a lion is 4.2 * 10 ² pounds. About how many times more pounds does an elephant have than a lion?

1) 10 times
2) 20 times
3) 30 times
4) 40 times

Answer 1

An elephant has about 30 times more pounds than a lion.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many times more pounds an elephant has than a lion, we need to divide the average mass of the elephant by the average mass of the lion.

Elephant: 1.3 * 104 pounds

Lion: 4.2 * 102 pounds

Divide the mass of the elephant by the mass of the lion:

(1.3 * 104) / (4.2 * 102) = 30.95238

Therefore, an elephant has about 30 times more pounds than a lion. The correct answer is option 3.