Question

Jumbo, the elephant weighed $234.3$ pounds on his $5^{th}$ birthday, and gained $12.65$ pounds in the following year. On his $6^{th}$ birthday, what was his weight?

• A. $24.69\text{pounds}$
• B. $2469.5\text{pounds}$
• C. $246.95\text{pounds}$
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C $246.95\text{pounds}$

Jumbo's weight on $6^{th}$ birthday
$=$ His weight on $5^{th}$ birthday $+$ the weight he gained in the following year
$=234.3\text{pounds}+12.65\text{pounds}$

Jumbo's weight on his $6^{th}$ birthday was $246.95\text{pounds}$.