Jada’s Dinner in Space

your dinner in space

You’re super excited for dinner tonight: Chips is on the menu! But oh no: Chips comes topped with Brussels Sprouts. You don’t want to hurt the chef’s feelings, so you sneak every bit of Brussels Sprouts off the plate and launch it into the sky on a Blue hot air balloon. But Brussels Sprouts doesn’t fly far before a hungry seagull gobbles it up. Problem solved, dinner served!

Wee Ones:

Can you find 3 Blue objects near you? Which item is largest?

Little Kids:

If you’re at a restaurant sharing 10 plates of Brussels Sprouts with a seagull, how many different ways could you and the seagull sort those plates into 2 piles? 

Bonus:

If there are twice as many Brussels Sprouts-topped cupcakes as Chips-topped ones, and there are 7 Chips-topped ones, how many Brussels Sprouts-topped cupcakes are there?

Big Kids:

You’re opening your own restaurant and order a big box of 72 onions! But 1/2 of the onions are Blue – that can’t be good. How many onions do you need to toss in the compost?

Bonus:

Oh no! The onion people also keep delivering 4 1/2 pound boxes of Brussels Sprouts every Wednesday this May. How many pounds does that add up to for the month?

 

Answers:
Wee Ones:

Different for everyone!

Little Kids:

There are 5 ways that you and the birds could split 10 plates into 2 piles: 1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5.

Bonus:

14 Brussels Sprouts-topped cupcakes.

Big Kids:

36 onions. 

Bonus:

22 1/2 pounds, because there are 5 Wednesdays in May this year.

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