Row, row, row your pumpkin!
It’s a bummer when you think you’ve grown the world’s biggest pumpkin, then someone beats you out with a bigger one. So Rick Swenson set another record: rowing a giant pumpkin. Rick’s buddy grew not one, but TWO 550kg pumpkins. Together they weighed as much as a car! So Rick took it one step further. He cut his own 550kg- pumpkin in half, scooped out the slimy seeds, plopped it in the Red River, and climbed in. As he rowed down the river, a friend texted to tell him that someone had just set a new pumpkin-paddling record of 15 km. So Rick paddled for almost 14 hours to row 25 km, setting a new record. The question is, who rode the other half of that pumpkin?
Wee ones: If Rick grew 1 giant pumpkin and his friend grew 2 giant pumpkins, how many did they grow in total?
Little kids: After Rick rowed the first 3 km, what numbers would you say for the next 5 km he rowed? Bonus: The pumpkin boat was 1m wide! If you lay across it, would your feet hang over the edge?
Big kids: Rick’s trip took 13 hours 40 minutes. If he started rowing at 7:30 am that day, when did he stop? (Hint if needed: What if he had rowed for just 12 hours?) Bonus: If he cut that 550kg -pumpkin exactly in half, how much did his boat weigh?
Answers:
Wee ones: 3 giant pumpkins.
Little kids: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Bonus: Different for everyone…find out if you’re more than 1m tall.
Big kids: At 9:10 pm. Bonus: 275kg – about the same as a small horse.
Wee ones: If Rick grew 1 giant pumpkin and his friend grew 2 giant pumpkins, how many did they grow in total?
Little kids: After Rick rowed the first 3 km, what numbers would you say for the next 5 km he rowed? Bonus: The pumpkin boat was 1m wide! If you lay across it, would your feet hang over the edge?
Big kids: Rick’s trip took 13 hours 40 minutes. If he started rowing at 7:30 am that day, when did he stop? (Hint if needed: What if he had rowed for just 12 hours?) Bonus: If he cut that 550kg -pumpkin exactly in half, how much did his boat weigh?
Answers:
Wee ones: 3 giant pumpkins.
Little kids: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Bonus: Different for everyone…find out if you’re more than 1m tall.
Big kids: At 9:10 pm. Bonus: 275kg – about the same as a small horse.