Sheet # 75/Whale Word Problems
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1. A pilot whale is 27 feet long. A narwhale is 19 feet long. How much longer is the pilot whale than the narwhale?
2. A blue whale calf drinks 130 gallons of milk from its mother each day. How much milk will it drink in two days? in a week?
3. There are 8 killer whales. The average weight of a killer whale is 16,000 pounds. How much do the 8 whales weigh?
4. A common dolphin can swim 70 miles per hour. How far can it swim in four hours? 12 hours? 24 hours?
5. A newborn blue whale weighed two tons at birth. It gained ten pounds in an hour. How long will it take the baby to weigh three tons? ( 1 ton = 2,000 pounds). Round the numbers.
6. A gray whale travels 6 miles per hour. How many days will it take the whale to travel the 5,000 miles from the Arctic to Mexico? Round the numbers.