Elephants on the Move from Weekly Reader

What weighs 12,000 pounds and carries its own trunk when it moves?  An African elephant!

About 1,000 African elephants are moving.  They are going from a national park in South Africa to nearby countries.  There, the elephants will help fill a new park.

The new park is in three countries.  The countries are  South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.  It covers an area a little larger than Maryland.

The move reduces the number of elephants in Kruger National Park in South Africa.  It has about 9,000 elephants.  Animal experts say that is too many big animals for the size of the park.

Crispian Olver, an official in South Africa, says the move will be done by 2004.  The move will not only help the elephants, he says.  It will also make money from tourists who visit the new park.

Questions to answer.

Question Number 1
If 20 elephants are moved every day for 7 days, how many will be moved?  Write a multiplication sentence and a repeated addition sentence to show how you solve the problem.

Question Number 2
If each of the three countries received the same amount of animals, about how many would each receive?  Draw a picture and write a division number sentence to show how you solved the problem.