Math Snacks: Ratey the Math Cat

Ratey pops up when you least expect him. And he can't resist pointing out the rates and "purrportions" in daily life.

You'll never again overlook how everyday decisions rely on mathematical reasoning about rates.

Ratey the Math Cat addresses number and operations standards as well as the process standard, as established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It supports students in:

Understanding and using ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships.
Building new mathematical knowledge through problem solving.
Solving problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts

© 2014 NMSU Board of Regents. All rights reserved. NMSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. Math Snacks materials were developed with support from the National Science Foundation (0918794). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Some materials were originally prototyped or discussed as part of a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education (U295A050004).

[stuckondisney]

Shoutout to all the 6th grade math teachers who showed us this cinematic masterpiece.

[sams.]

Haha! My 6th grade teacher showed us this video and everyone in the class loved it. I decided to like the video for the sake of teachers to show this to their students. Honestly, in the heart of being a student, this video was funny and gave a GREAT understanding!


...Plus, this guy is married, WHAT IS HE DOING STALKING PEOPLE WITH A CAT PUPPET ON HIS ARM!?

[GLTTRPVKE]

We had to watch this at school and I was dying

[bottleofwater_]

This has become an inside joke in my math class. We watched it in sixth grade and we call all the new kids who dont know about it “foolish mortals”. This video is a work of art

[adori]

We watched this in school and we all laughed so much at how weird this was . 4 years later I'm working on a geometry project and I choose rarely the math cat for my story book drawings, I hope it turns out not creepy

[healerofthewaters]

This video scared so many people in my class... I'm an adult now and still find it hilarious.

[Skaggley]

My teacher told us to watch this for homework and thanks to her I am scared for life :/

[zilch]

This is very disturbing. Everyone in my class started to hate my laugh after this. That window scene tho...

[kyy]

we watched this in class XD I was laughing so hard and my friends were just like -.-

[widekurt]

OMG this is hilarious!!! We watched it last year when I was in the 6th grade. :3 I absolutely LOVE it when the puppet flies off his hand!!! I died laughing!!! MEEEOOOWWW :P

[alancanas]

My sixth grade teacher showed this, and everyone loves it. This video is one of the cinematic masterpiece of all time

[Starman]

I saw this at school and everyone was like.
wut

[shuliu]

I watched this is class today and I CANNOT STOP

[winstonclarke]

lol my 6th grade teacher showed us this a couple weeks ago and the moment we saw the puppet come off that guy's hand we were

[gfunk]

I need more episodes of this man!!😂😂😂😂😂

[mckenziepearmain]

lol i saw this in school a couple days ago (maybe last week?) on our "Disturbing Video Day"…i thank my 8th grade teacher. I'd say her name, but i want to give her privacy you know? XD but this video is hilarious! i want that puppet! imagine all the fun i could have…… XD

[Crickets-Everywhere]

I drew ratety on a piece of paper during math class and gave it to my teacher a while back
Its still there

[saratoum]

1:38 made me in math class ROFL sooo hard (Rolling On the Floor Laughing)

[Infoly-US]

IM 12 I LOVE THIS ITS MY FAV ESPECIALLY AT 0:38 HIS SHADOW MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

[commonwriternext]

I was watching this video a few days ago during math and this was really funny!