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Marine Math Challenges for Students

The document contains a review with six sections focusing on marine animals, including whale migration, dolphin communication, shark speed, coral reef proportions, clownfish population growth, and giant squid tentacles. Each section includes mathematical problems related to the respective topics, such as calculating migration time, communication patterns, speed comparisons, and population growth. The review aims to assess understanding of these concepts through applied mathematics.

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Marine Math Challenges for Students

The document contains a review with six sections focusing on marine animals, including whale migration, dolphin communication, shark speed, coral reef proportions, clownfish population growth, and giant squid tentacles. Each section includes mathematical problems related to the respective topics, such as calculating migration time, communication patterns, speed comparisons, and population growth. The review aims to assess understanding of these concepts through applied mathematics.

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NAME:____________________ DATE:_____________ Review #25

1. Whale Migration
Humpback whales migrate about 3,000 miles between their feeding and breeding
grounds.

a) If a whale swims 75 miles


per day, how many days will it
take to complete the
migration?

b) A second whale swims 20%


faster than the first. How
many miles does it travel per
day?

c) If the faster whale takes a


different route and swims
3,600 miles, how long will its
journey take?

2. Dolphin Communication
Dolphins communicate using clicks
and whistles in unique patterns. A
dolphin makes a sequence of 2
clicks, then 3 whistles, then 4
clicks, then 5 whistles.

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a) If this pattern continues, how many clicks will the dolphin make in the 6th
round?

b) How many total whistles will it make in the first 5 rounds?

c) Write a linear equation to describe the number of clicks in the nth round.

3. Shark Speed
The shortfin mako
shark is the fastest
shark, swimming at
45 miles per hour.

a) If a mako shark swims at full speed for 2.5 hours, how far will it travel?

b) A great white shark swims at an average speed of 25 mph. How long will it
take to swim 90 miles?

c) If a swimmer moves at 2 mph, how much faster is the mako shark than
the swimmer? Write the speed ratio.

4. Proportions in a Coral Reef


A marine biologist studies a reef with
150 fish, of which 40 are clownfish.

a) What is the ratio of clownfish to


total fish?
b) If another reef has 225 fish in the same proportion, how many are
clownfish?

c) A conservation project aims to increase clownfish to 50% of the total fish.


How many clownfish would need to be added?

5. Clownfish Population
A coral reef has 1,200 clownfish. Each year, their population grows by 15%.

a) How many clownfish will there be after one year?

b) After two years, assuming the population keeps growing by 15% each year?

c) Write a linear equation if the population grows by a


fixed number (instead of a percentage) of 180
clownfish per year.

6. Giant Squid Tentacles


The giant squid can grow up to 43 feet long, with its
tentacles making up about 60% of its length.

a) How long are the tentacles of a full-grown giant


squid?

b) If a squid is only 30 feet long, how long are its


tentacles?

c) A deep-sea diver is 6 feet tall. How many divers


would be needed to match the length of the entire
squid?
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