Question

A male elephant at the city zoo weighs 8,000 pounds, which is the same as 4 tons. The female elephant weighs 7,000 pounds. How many tons does she weigh?

Answer 1

3.5 tons

Explanation:

We can use the information we already have to figure out how much 1 ton is. In the equation: 8,000/4 will give us how many pounds per ton. The answer to that is 2,000 pounds per ton. So, if we divide the number of tons the female elephant is by how many pounds a ton is, we use the equation: 7,000/2,000, which equals 3.5 tons.