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Animal Speeds and Jumps

On the imaginary planet Rhomaar, animals jump exactly the same distance each time they jump.

Animal Length of Jump
Flickerbill 0.45 cm
Spiraltail 5.2 cm
Krink 13.6 cm
Trifoot 30.9 cm
Fastwalker 7.8 cm

Solve the following problems and show your solutions.

  • 6 The Fastwalker jumped 7 times to meet its friend, the Trifoot. How far did the Fastwalker jump?

  • 7 If a Spiraltail took 9 jumps, how far would it go?

  • 8 If a Krink took 16 jumps, how far would it go?

  • 9 A Flickerbill jumped 87 times across a field. How far did it jump?

  • 10 A Trifoot was chased by another animal. The Trifoot jumped 37 times before it was safe. How far did it jump?


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons