Who Sank The Boat?
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.