Name __ ___________ __________ ___________ ________________ Date ____________ Per _______ 

“If f You Hopp ped Liike a Frog” ”Adapted from the book by Davidd M. Schwartz  

This child dren’s book provides som me interesting statistics about anim mals and theiir extreme  capabilities. We will use the ratio os provided to create prroportions th hat would bee equivalentt for  your own n body.     Your height _ ___________ ____ in         YYour weight _______________lbs             

1. A 3 in nch frog ca an hop 60 inches. Fin nd out how w far you ccould hop if it was  proporttional to yo our heightt.     Write a p proportion.  3 inches = _ __________ Å Your heigght here.                                       60 inches    Show you ur work solvving your pro oportion:          If you could hop like a frog you w would jump _ ____________________ inches.   

2. An an nt that weighs 1/250 0 ounce caan lift someething thaat weighs 1 1/5 ounce..  Find out how mucch you cou uld lift if yo ou were ass strong ass an ant.  a. Convert your weigght in pounds to ounces.. (16 ounces= 1 lb).                   ___________ ouncces  b. Write a proportion n comparingg the weight an ant can llift to its weiight and how w much you  weigh an nd how much h you could lift. Solve an nd show all w work.  Hint: Convert thee fractions to o  decimalss.            ____________ oun nces                  How man   ny pounds iss that?      ____________ pou unds 

3. A  Bra achiosauru us weighed d 80,000 kkg, but its b brain was only 0.2 kgg. Find outt  how sm mall your brain would d be in pro oportion. a. Convert your weigght from pou unds to kg. (II kg= 2.2 lbs))                  b. Write and solve a proportion tto find the w weight of youur brain.                        c. Converrt your brain n weight in kkg to lbs.                 

__________kg. 

___________kg.  ___________ lb. 

  4. Shrew ws are among the sm mallest maammals bu ut they can n eat an en normous  amountt. A shrew weighing 1/5 oz. can eat 3/5 oz. of worrms and insects in on ne  day.  a. Use yo our weight in n ounces in p problem #2 tto write andd solve a pro oportion to find out how w  many ounces you could eat in on ne day.  Hintt: Convert th he fractions to decimalss.                ___________ ouncces              b. Convert the weigh ht of food fro om ounces to lbs.     ______________ lb. 

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