Posts Tagged ‘cat’

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Death by Chocolate for CATS

February 8, 2026

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Chocolate contains a poison called Theobromine.

LD50 for  Theobromine for cats is 200mg.

LD = Lethal Dose. LD50= Lethal Dose for 50% of the population. Cats in this case. This is how poison toxicity is measured. 

According to The Royal Society of Chemistrycats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.Mathspig Smiling Cat

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Zombie MathZ 1: ZOMBIE Olympics

October 4, 2025

Slow ZOMBIE vs ZOMBIE Hampster

A RATE is a comparison between two different measurements. 

It is a special type of ratio where the units are not the same, such as cost (price per item), speed (distance per time) or rotations per minute (RPM), which is used to measure spin in ice skating and rotation rate pedalling on a bike.

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Death by Chocolate for CATS

February 21, 2021

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Chocolate contains a poison called Theobromine.

LD50 for  Theobromine for cats is 200mg.

LD = Lethal Dose. LD50= Lethal Dose for 50% of the population. Cats in this case. This is how poison toxicity is measured. 

According to The Royal Society of Chemistrycats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.Mathspig Smiling Cat

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m+m maths 5: how many m+ms will kill my cat?

June 22, 2015

LD50 of  Theobromine in cats is 200mg.

According to The Royal Society of Chemistry cats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.

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You can find more Death by Chocolate Maths here and here.