Question

A scientist studied the migration patterns of two types of whales.

The humpback whales traveled 2,240 miles in 28 days.
The gray whales traveled 2,368 miles in 32 days.

If the humpback whales had traveled at the same rate for 32 days, how many more miles would they have traveled than the gray whales

Answer 1

192 more miles

Explanation:

To find how many miles the humpback traveled, you have to find how many miles it travels per day. So divide 2240 by 28, which equals 80 miles per day. Since they want to know how many miles more the humpback traveled in 32 days compared to gray whales, we multiply the number of miles per day by 32 and we get 2560 miles in 32 days. Subtract the number of miles the humpback traveled by the number of miles gray whales traveled, (2560 - 2368) and you get 192 which represents how many more miles the humpback traveled.