Puppy Weight
Jada has a new puppy that weighs 9 pounds. The vet says that the puppy is now at about 20% of its adult weight.
Complete the double number line above and solve the following questions:
What will be the adult weight of the puppy?
In this situation, can the weight of its adult weight be more than 100%? Why or why not?
Andre also has a puppy that weighs 9 pounds. The vet says that this puppy is now at about 30% of its adult weight.
Complete the double number line above and solve the following questions:
What will be the adult weight of Andre’s puppy?
What is the same about Jada and Andre’s puppies? What is different?