Calculate the number of grasshoppers a chicken eats per year.  2a. How many grasshoppers are needed for a year’s supply of chickens for the farmer? 3a. What is the total mass, in kilograms, of the grasshoppers needed to feed all the chickens for one year? 4a. How many kilograms of soybeans are needed to feed all the grasshoppers for one year?

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  • One farmer consumes one-half (0.5) chicken per day for a year
  • One chicken consumes 40 grasshoppers per day
  • 1,200 grasshoppers have a mass of one kilogram
  • One grasshopper requires 25 grams of soybeans per year
  • One human requires 750 grasshoppers per day
  • Soybeans have 3.2 calories per gram

1a. Calculate the number of grasshoppers a chicken eats per year. 

2a. How many grasshoppers are needed for a year’s supply of chickens for the farmer?

3a. What is the total mass, in kilograms, of the grasshoppers needed to feed all the chickens for one year?

4a. How many kilograms of soybeans are needed to feed all the grasshoppers for one year?

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