Number (multiplication and division): Panda Population
The Problem 🐼
Pandas spend nearly the whole time they are awake (at least 12 hours a day) feeding on bamboo. They eat around 1kg of bamboo each hour.
If the wild population of pandas is now 1,900, how much bamboo is required each day to sustain the panda population?
How much bamboo does the panda population consume in a week, in a month, or even a year?
Did you know?
Pandas can climb as high as 13,000 feet and are also very good swimmers. Sometimes male pandas relax by doing handstands against trees.
Visualising the Problem and Getting Started
Once you know how much one panda eats in a day, think about how you could break down the multiplication to calculate it in several steps.
There are different ways to approach this problem. How many different strategies do you think your class can come up with? Which one do you think is the most efficient?