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Ratey the Math Cat

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Meow!

Hmm. How much does this fish cost?

Mmm...

Fish!

The fish costs...

That’s $6 dollars for every 2 pounds.

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Ugh.

Thanks, Ratey.

Turn off the shower!

You’re wasting water.

Okay.

She’s right!

Water flows through that showerhead at...

...3 gallons PER minute!...

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You’ve been showering for 10 minutes. That’s 30 gallons of water down the drain.

Get out of the shower!

You’re eating 1 apple PER person!

5 apples : 5 people!

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$10 PER lawn mowed...

At 5 lawns in the neighborhood, that’s 50 bucks.

Meow.

Four commercials PER commercial break.

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Meow.

Half a gallon of milk PER week.That’s 1 gallon of milk every 2 weeks.

Two hours of game-play PER day...

...that’s 14 hours PER

week.

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Only 3 windows cleaned...

Ah man...We’ve still got 100 miles to go!

We’ll get there soon, I’m driving 50.

Meow. You’re not going 50! You are going 50 miles PER hour.

That means you’ll go 100 miles in TWO hours.

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Is that your cat? It’s Ratey...the math cat...

...Oh, 1 mile marker PER mile. We have two hours in the car with him?

Maybe I’ll kick it up to 70.

Meowwww!

Meow.

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