Figuring Out Sharks                          Page 3

7. If the average weight of a quarter-pound hamburger is 4 ounces, how many quarter-pound hamburgers would you have to consume in a day to eat as much as a basking shark?

____________________ pounds × 16 ounces per pound = _____________ ounces
   daily copepod weight per day                                                                             daily copepod weight

__________________ ounces × ______________ ounces = ____________ hamburgers
  daily copepod weight                      one hamburger weight

8. A three-ton white shark can eat 33 tons of food in one year. If there are 2,000 pounds in a ton and 365 days in a year, how much food does a white shark consume in one day?

____________ tons × 2,000 pounds per ton = _____________pounds of food per year
yearly weight of food

____________ pounds × _________ days in a year = __________ pounds per day

One of the many fish found in a white shark’s diet is lingcod. If the average weight of a lingcod is 158.4 ounces, how many lingcod might a white shark eat in a day?

_____________ pounds × 16 = _____________ ounces
 lingcod weight per day                                   total lingcod weight

_____________ ounces × ______________ ounces = __________lingcod
  total lingcod weight                      weight of one lingcod

9. If the average weight of a quarter-pound hamburger is 4 ounces, how many quarter-pound hamburgers would you have to consume in a day to eat as much as a white shark?

_____________ pounds × 16  = _____________ ounces
  daily lingcod weight                                       daily lingcod weight

________________ ounces × _____________ ounces = ____________ hamburgers.
 daily lingcod weight                   one hamburger weight