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black bear weighs 220 pounds. How much do you weigh? How much more
than you does the bear weigh?
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very large black bear weighed 611 pounds. Another bear weighed 350
pounds. A third bear weighed 215 pounds. How much do the three bears
weigh?
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sow (female) weighs about one-fourth less than a boar (male). If a
boar weighs 200 pounds, how much does the sow weigh?
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bear traveled 126 miles in 9 days. How far did he go each day? How
far did he go in a week?
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brown bear may eat 80 pounds of food in a day. How many pounds does
he eat in a week? In September?
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bear in the north will hibernate from November to April. How many
months does he stay in his den? How many months is he out of the den?
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bear in the south will hibernate from December to March. How many
months is he in hibernation? How many months is he out of his den?
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How
do the hibernation habits of northern and southern bears differ?
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bear can gain as much as 5 pounds a day in the fall. If you gained
5 pounds a day, how much would you weigh by the end of a week?
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During
hibernation a black bear loses one-third of his body weight. One bear
weighed 270 pounds in the fall. How much did he weigh the next spring?
