A donkey weighs 570 pounds and an elephant weighs 5 tons. How much more does the elephant weigh?

Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given: 

donkey weighs 570 pounds and an elephant weighs 5 tons

Determine how much more does the elephant weigh.

Solution:

In order to make the process easy, we convert tons into pounds then divide the weight of the donkey by the weight of elephant in pounds.

1 ton =  2000lb 

5 ton = 10000lb

10000lb/ 570 lb

=17.54

The elephant is 17.54 times heavier than the donkey.