WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BABIES???

- MATH TASK

1. Dustin showed up to school on Tuesday with 10 babies in his pocket. He

then began receiving babies at a rate of 2 babies per hour. Lexi received
babies at a rate of 4 babies an hour. When will they have the same
number of babies?

2. Can you write an equation that shows the relationship of the number of
babies Dustin has over time?

3. Can you write an equation that shows the relationship of the number of
babies Lexi has over time?

4. How can you use your equations to justify your answer from Question 1
using the properties of equality to solve?