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an elephant eats about 500 pounds of grass and leaves every day.There are 2 Africa elephants living in the city zoo.How many pounds of grass and leaves do the zookeepers need to order each week to feed all the elephants?
 Sep 17, 2014

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You can solve this problem one step at a time:)

One elephant eats 500 lbs of food, so 2 elephants would eat (2*500) lbs, which is 1000 lbs of food.

That is how much 2 elephants eat each day, and there are 7 days in a week.

So the pounds of food for 2 elephants in a week would be (1000*7) lbs

= 7,000 lbs of food

 

*to feed the two elephants at the zoo, not "all the elephants" in the world*

 Sep 17, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

You can solve this problem one step at a time:)

One elephant eats 500 lbs of food, so 2 elephants would eat (2*500) lbs, which is 1000 lbs of food.

That is how much 2 elephants eat each day, and there are 7 days in a week.

So the pounds of food for 2 elephants in a week would be (1000*7) lbs

= 7,000 lbs of food

 

*to feed the two elephants at the zoo, not "all the elephants" in the world*

kitty<3 Sep 17, 2014

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