Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Baby and Adult Chimps

Baby Chimps
40% high fiber
60% high protein

Adult Chimps
60% high fiber
40% high protein

Tell us everything you know about this information? How can you represent it?

Tables
Graphs
Proportions
ratios


Equations: Which one works? Come up with a mathematical justification.

P=protein
F=fiber 

Baby Chimps
P/1.5=F     
F x 1.5 =P

Adult Chimps 
P x 1.5=F


L-44 New problem

The zoo keeper is making a batch of baby chimp food. He decides the food will have a total of 125 scoops. How many of those scoops will be high fiber? 
-You must use a proportion to solve the problem.

40 =
10    40

125   =  x  
100       40

Does this work?
40  =  50   (40 + 10=1/4 of 40)
60      75  (60 + 15=1/4 of 60)

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