The Perth Zoo

Year 4 maths trail

1) Estimate how many steps it takes to get from one end of the crocodile tank to the other

• Count how many steps it actually takes to get from one end to the other

2) Count how many people walk in to see the Lions, minute by minute, in a total of five minutes.

• Show this on a graph

3) How many baboons can you see in the cage?

• If there were half of the amount of baboons what will be the new total?

4) Decide if these situations are likely, not likely or equally likely.

Situation Likely, not likely or equally likely

The next elephant born will be a girl

A crocodile will walk on two feet on land

A lion will ‘roar’

The animals will be fed today

• Reorder the above situations in how likely it is to happen to how unlikely it is to happen in the
table below.

Situations

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5) You have $15 to spend. Look at the menu in the cafe and decide what you could get with $15.
Write down the food/drink, the price of each item, the total cost and the left over change.

Items Price

Total cost

Change left over

6) It's 9:45am now, all the animals will get fed in 3 hours and 45. What time will the animals will
be fed?

• Convert the time the animals will be into 24 hour timing

7) How many students can fit on this seat? Is it odd or even amount of students?

• How many students can sit on the seat if the gorilla wasn't there? Is it odd or even amount of
students?

• If there are 60 students that need to be seated, how many of these benches will you need if
the gorilla wasn't there?

8) How many penguins can you count?

• List some multiples of that number

9) Looking at the map of Perth Zoo, how many toilets can you see?

• What animals are closest to it?

10) If there are 68 meerkats and there are only 34 visible, how many meerkats are hiding?

• Write another word problem similar as the above one.

References

Perth Zoo logo: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perth-zoo

Map of Perth Zoo: http://ontheworldmap.com/australia/city/perth/perth-zoo-map.html