2 Pound Cat

My 2 Pound Cat

skip counting by 2

A 2-pound cat,
What’s up with that?
I hope my cat’s not getting fat…

A 4-pound cat,
What’s up with that?
I hope my cat’s not getting fat…

A 6-pound cat,
What’s up with that?
I hope my cat’s not getting fat…

An 8-pound cat,
What’s up with that?
What’s up with that!
What’s up with that!

A 10-pound cat,
What’s up with that?
I KNOW my cat is really fat,
I KNOW my cat is really fat,
Made a hole right where she sat…

RELATED MATH CHALLENGES

If the cat in the poem kept growing, how much do you think she will weigh after she weighs 10 pounds?

If you start on 2, do you ever get to an odd number when you’re skip counting by 2?

If a cat weighs 2 pounds, and kept gaining 2 pounds a day for another 6 days, how much would it weigh?