Who Sank The Boat?

How much weight does the boat hold?

The Mouse weighs 100 grams

Each animal weighs 10 times as much and the previous one.

 

Solution:

Mouse  100g                       =0.1kg                   = 0.0001 tonne

Sheep   1 000g                   = 1 kg                    = 0.001 tonne

Pig          10 000g                 = 10kg                   = 0.01 tonne

Donkey 100 000g              = 100kg                 = 0.1 tonne

Cow       1 000 000g           =1000kg               = 1 tonne

 

Total weight = 1 000 000 g + 100 000 g + 10 000 g + 1 000 g + 100 g = 1 111 100 g

Total weight = 1 000 kg + 100 kg + 10 kg + 1 kg + 0.1 kg = 1 111.1 kg

Total weight = 1 tonne + 0.1 tonne + 0.01 tonne + 0.001 tonne + 0.0001 tonne = 1.1111 tonnes

But this sank the boat so we need to take off the weight (mass) of the mouse.

So the boat holds 1.111 tonnes or 1 111 kg or 1 111 000 g.