Whether it’s a hamster, a lizard, or a bunny, the class pet is your buddy. Like Hershey and Snickers here, these guinea pigs — they’ll happily eat your veggies that you don’t want. But any animal is an eating, drinking, pooping machine. Someone needs to take care of them on the weekend — and that lucky person might be you!
Wee ones: If you feed Floppy the fish on the 1st day of the month and the 3rd day of the month, which number day did you skip?
Little kids: If someone needs to feed the hermit crabs every 3rd day starting on a Sunday, on what day do they eat for the 3rd time? Bonus: If Hershey and Snickers each eat 5 big carrot sticks each day, how many do they eat in total when you take them home for a 2-day weekend?
Big kids: If there are 35 week(end)s of school and your class has 23 kids, and you each take a turn bringing home Godzilla the gerbil, how many kids get a 2nd weekend with Godzilla? Bonus: There are 35 weekends where kids can take Floppy the Bunny home. If there are 21 kids in your class, but 7 kids are allergic to Floppy, and 7 more have big dogs at home that would scare Floppy, how many times do the other kids each get to bring Floppy home?
Answers:
Wee ones: The 2nd day.
Little kids: On Saturday. Bonus: 20 sticks, since together they eat 10 each day.
Big kids: 12 kids. Bonus: 5 times each, because 21 – 7 – 7 = 7 kids to share the 35 weekends with Floppy.
