Sydney Zoo Math Measurements

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🦘 Part 1: Animal Measurements & Data

1. The kangaroo enclosure is 45 metres long and 32 metres wide. What is the perimeter of the enclosure?

Answer: _________ metres

2. A baby elephant weighs 120 kilograms. An adult elephant weighs 15 times more. How much does the adult elephant weigh?

1,200 kg

1,800 kg

1,950 kg

2,100 kg

3. The giraffe is 4.8 metres tall. Convert this height to centimetres.

4.8 metres = _________ centimetres

4. During your zoo visit, you count the following animals in the Australian section:

• Koalas: 8 animals
• Wombats: 5 animals
• Echidnas: 3 animals
• Tasmanian Devils: 6 animals

What fraction of these native animals are koalas? _________

What percentage of these animals are wombats? _________%

📊 Part 2: Zoo Data Analysis

5. The zoo's daily visitor data for one week shows:

a) What was the total number of visitors for the week? _________

b) What was the average number of visitors per day? _________

c) Which day had the median number of visitors? _________

6. The zoo pathway from the entrance to the lion enclosure is 850 metres. If you walk at an average speed of 3 kilometres per hour, how long will it take you to reach the lions?

Time taken: _________ minutes

7. Zoo feeding times and costs:

• Sea lions eat 12 kg of fish daily at $8.50 per kg
• Meerkats eat 2.5 kg of insects daily at $15.20 per kg

What is the total daily feeding cost for these two animal groups?

Total cost: $__________

🎯 Part 3: Estimation & Problem Solving

8. Estimate and then calculate: If the zoo's gift shop sells 85 stuffed animals per day, approximately how many will they sell in:

a) One week (7 days): Estimate _______ Actual _______

b) One month (30 days): Estimate _______ Actual _______

9. The penguin pool holds 25,000 litres of water. During cleaning, water drains at a rate of 500 litres per minute. How long does it take to empty the pool?

45 minutes

50 minutes

55 minutes

60 minutes

10. Challenge Problem: The zoo has a circular monkey enclosure with a diameter of 28 metres. What is the area of this enclosure? (Use π = 3.14)

Area: _________ square metres