Example An emperor penguin is 4 times as tall as a little penguin. The combined height of the penguins is 150 centimeters. What is the height of each penguin?
Think: What do you know? What do you need to find? How will you solve?
Step 1: Draw 1/1 part for the height of the little penguin and 4 parts for the height of the emperor penguin.
Step 2: Divide to find the height of the little penguin.
Step 3: Multiply to find the height of the emperor penguin.
The little penguin is 30 centimeters tall, and the emperor penguin is 120 centimeters tall.
In Analyze a Problem What do you know? What do you need to find? Explain.
1. A video game storage tower has 8 shelves. Each shelf can display 12 video games. How many storage towers does a worker need to display 1,440 video games?
2. The Eastern Continental Trail is 15 times longer than the Erie Canalway Trail. The total length of the trails is 5,760 miles. What is the length of each trail?