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.
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