Instructions
Complete the following math problems related to the activities in an ape cave. Show your work where required.
Word Problems
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An ape can climb up 3 meters every minute. If it climbs for 5 minutes, how many meters will it have climbed?
Answer: _____ meters -
There are 12 bananas in one bunch. If 4 apes share 3 bunches equally, how many bananas does each ape get?
Answer: _____ bananas per ape -
If an ape has 45 peanuts and gives away 9 to each of its 5 friends, how many peanuts will the ape have left?
Answer: _____ peanuts left
Geometry
Imagine the cave is shaped like a rectangular prism. The length of the cave is 10 meters, the width is 6 meters, and the height is 4 meters.
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What is the volume of the cave?
Volume = Length × Width × Height
Answer: _____ cubic meters -
If you want to paint the walls of the cave and the area of one wall is 40 square meters, how many walls can you paint with 160 square meters of paint?
Answer: _____ walls
Patterns
There is a pattern in the number of fruits collected by the apes:
- 1st ape: 2 apples
- 2nd ape: 4 apples
- 3rd ape: 6 apples
Continue the pattern for the 5th and 6th apes:
- 5th ape: _____ apples
- 6th ape: _____ apples
Challenge
If two caves are discovered, one has a height of 8 meters and the other has a height of 12 meters, which cave has a greater capacity? Show your reasoning.
Answer: ______________________________________