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From: Linda Thurber (lthurber@anwsu.k12.vt.us)
Date: Wed Mar 31 2004 - 08:09:03 EST

  • Next message: Susan: "Challenge Question #17"

    A) If a Manatee eats between 10% to 15% of its body weight each day, how
    many pounds (or kg) of food would that be for a 1,000 pound manatee?

    A manatee would eat about 100 to 150 pounds of food each day.

     Now let's talk pizza! An average thin crust frozen pizza weighs about a
    pound. How much do you weigh? How many pizzas would you have to eat in one
    day to equal 10% to 15% of your body weight?"

        This group of girls weighs between 50 to 85 pounds. So that means that
    they would have to eat between 5 to 12 pizzas a day.

        That's a lot of pizza. We would get sick of it. We can't even eat more
    than two slices a meal!!!

    Jennifer, Ashley and Mary
    Grade Three



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