In a farm, there are __ numbers of sheep and __ numbers of kids. If you count their legs, there are 116 legs. The sum of the numbers of sheep and the numbers of the kids was 41. Fill in the __.
Plural of sheep is sheep. I like this one though- Let’s see- Let’s make it at a petting zoo, because otherwise, why would there be so many kids?
At the petting zoo, there were 41 kids (not baby goats, young humans) and sheep altogether. If you count their legs, there were 116 legs altogether. How many were sheep and how many were kids?
Now, how can we teach this to kids without using algebra? It’s hard to model. Maybe start with 116 divided by 4 because that’s the number of legs on a sheep. Then, you have to figure out how many of them are kids to get to 41. What would you do next?
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Plural of sheep is sheep. I like this one though- Let’s see- Let’s make it at a petting zoo, because otherwise, why would there be so many kids?
At the petting zoo, there were 41 kids (not baby goats, young humans) and sheep altogether. If you count their legs, there were 116 legs altogether. How many were sheep and how many were kids?
Now, how can we teach this to kids without using algebra? It’s hard to model. Maybe start with 116 divided by 4 because that’s the number of legs on a sheep. Then, you have to figure out how many of them are kids to get to 41. What would you do next?
I am still trying!
Cool!!!!!!
Can you help me with it?
Sure. Start guessing the number of sheeps with good solid numbers like 10,15, and 20
I am having trouble with it!!
Oh. That is ok. This is not a question for a 5th grader.
This is not suppose to be a 5th grader problem! It is all right!