Number (addition and subtraction): Rhino in Town
The Problem
A greater one-horned rhino is walking through the streets of Sauraha, Nepal, in search of food. On the map opposite, you can see the starting location of the rhino (R) and the location of the main food source (M). Other possible food sources are also marked on the map (P) along with distances from one location to another.
If the rhino takes the shortest route to the main food source, how far will it have walked?
Did you know?
The word rhinoceros is a combination of two Greek words – rhino (meaning nose) and ceros (meaning horn).
Visualising the Problem and Getting Started
Which units of measure will you convert? Km to m? Or m to km?
Can you tell which will be the shortest route before adding up the numbers?
