How is breaking apart 16 times 34 like solving four simpler problems

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Simplify this expression.2(10) + 2(x – 4) a. 2x + 16 b. x + 12 c. 2x + 12 d. x + 16

Julie begins counting backwards from 1000 by 2’s and at the same time tony begins counting forward from 100 by 3’s.   if they count at the same rate, what number will they say at the same time?