Question

A baby elephant weighs 120 kg. If an adult elephant weighs 30 times as much as the calf, then its weight is ___.

• A. 3000 kg
• B. 2400 kg
• C. 4200 kg
• D. 3600 kg

Answer 1

The correct option is D 3600 kg

Weight of the baby elephant = 120 kg

Weight of the adult elephant is thirty times the weight of the baby elephant.

Thus, the weight of the adult elephant is $30\times 120\text{kg}=3600\text{kg}.$