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Measurement (mass & weight): Fruit Bowl

3 - Further Challenges

Inspired by Nature Worksheet

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Further Challenges

  • Watch the related clip below. The clip features Mary, an orphaned sun bear, eating ripe bananas. In order to meet their nutritional needs, adult sun bears must eat around 4 kg of fruit every day. How many bananas would a sun bear need to eat in order to eat this weight in food? Share your solution with a friend. What is similar? What is different?
  • Fruity Totals is a fabulous interactivity on the NRICH website. Have a go at level 1. For this level you will need to use your number skills to calculate the value of different fruit that are arranged into rows and columns.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08k4yl4/player

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Related Clip

Mary, the orphaned sun bear, enjoys a banana treat.

Credit: BBC Two – Bears About the House