Sheet # 14
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
1) One tree yields about 200 books. How many trees are needed to produce 4 million Harry Potter books?
2) One tree yields 11,764 sheets of paper. My dad's company consumes about one million sheets of paper each month. How many trees are needed to produce 1 million sheets of paper?
3) Australians use more than six billion plastic bags per year. On average, estimate how many pages plastic bags are used each week?
4) If you used 301,125 liters a year, how many liters of water are you using per day?
Answers for Sheet # 14
1) 20,000 trees
2 85 trees)
3 120 million bags/week. Round 52 weeks to 50 weeks.
4) 825 liters/day