Ogt Math Study Guide Worksheet With Answers - Maple Heights City Schools Page 7
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31Patterns allow us to figure out how numbers grow exponentially.
ex. Darcy wants to breed hamsters and sell them as pets. She starts
with 2 hamsters and figures out they quadruple in number every 4
months. How many hamsters will she have in one year?
• There is more than on way to figure out most math problems.
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We will figure this problem out writing a rough table.
First, what does quadruple mean?
2 hamsters doubled is 4:
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2 hamsters tripled is 6 :
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2 hamsters quadrupled is 8:
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nd
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4 months
2
4 months
last 4 months
2+2+2+2=8
8+8+8+8=32
32+32+32+32=128
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After 1
4 months
This 8 will again
Finally these 32
she will have 8.
quadruple after
hamsters will
4 more months
quadruple in last
giving her 32.
4 months giving
her a total of 128.
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