Well, the area of a trapezoid is A = (

+

) * h * 1/2 so you can use the area of a parallelogram, which is A = l * w, by splitting the trapezoid into 2 triangles and one rectangle. So you'd use A = l * w for the rectangle and A = 1/2bh for the triangles. You'd get the same answer!
Well I don't remember the equation with all the numbrical stuff but if you times 5 and 5 than times 4 and 5 which is 25 and 20 take 20 away from 25 and you have your answer hope it helps
2500/10=250
250 represents how much the elephant can eat in one day. Since they want to know how much the elephant can eat in 1000 days you would multiply 250 and 1000 which leaves you with 250,000 pounds of food.
The elephant can eat 250,000 pounds of food in 10 days. :)