Crazy bus!!
You’ve probably seen — or maybe even ridden — on a school bus. There are other kinds of buses in different colors for grown-ups, too. But how many buses can fly through the air?
This one can: It’s called the Crazy Bus, and it’s an amusement park ride. It doesn’t really fly, but those two long bars lift it high in the air and rock it back and forth. It turns out there are more than 200 rides like this around the country! But the people who make them have also shaped them as airplanes, fire trucks, and submarines (boats that go underwater). The bus might be best, though: your ride to school might be a lot more fun if it worked like this.
Wee ones: Most school buses are yellow. How many yellow things do you see in your room? Count them if you can!
Little kids: How many rows of seats does this bus have? (Count 1 row for each “window” you see.) Bonus: If the bus holds just 2 people in each row, how many people can ride the Crazy Bus with you?
Big kids: If your bus ride to school normally takes 40 minutes, but the Crazy Bus could fly you there 26 minutes faster, how long would it take? Bonus: If the 200 “Crazy” rides are evenly divided to be buses, fire trucks, planes and subs, how many rides of each type are there?
Answers:
Wee ones: Different for everyone…you might find yellow books, flowers, or toy trucks.
Little kids: 6 rows. Bonus: 11 people, since it can hold 12 in total.
Big kids: 14 minutes. Bonus: 50 rides of each.
This one can: It’s called the Crazy Bus, and it’s an amusement park ride. It doesn’t really fly, but those two long bars lift it high in the air and rock it back and forth. It turns out there are more than 200 rides like this around the country! But the people who make them have also shaped them as airplanes, fire trucks, and submarines (boats that go underwater). The bus might be best, though: your ride to school might be a lot more fun if it worked like this.
Wee ones: Most school buses are yellow. How many yellow things do you see in your room? Count them if you can!
Little kids: How many rows of seats does this bus have? (Count 1 row for each “window” you see.) Bonus: If the bus holds just 2 people in each row, how many people can ride the Crazy Bus with you?
Big kids: If your bus ride to school normally takes 40 minutes, but the Crazy Bus could fly you there 26 minutes faster, how long would it take? Bonus: If the 200 “Crazy” rides are evenly divided to be buses, fire trucks, planes and subs, how many rides of each type are there?
Answers:
Wee ones: Different for everyone…you might find yellow books, flowers, or toy trucks.
Little kids: 6 rows. Bonus: 11 people, since it can hold 12 in total.
Big kids: 14 minutes. Bonus: 50 rides of each.