Maybe not, but they do like going for a ride! Jessica Nelson spotted a cow riding in line at the McDonald’s drivethrough in Marshfield, Wisconsin. It was just a baby – called a “calf” – and there were 2 more calves with it in the back seat. The owner, Bernie, told Jessica that he had just bought them at a fair and was grabbing a snack on his way home – we bet the cows ordered milkshakes.
Lace up: If the calf in the window had 2 other calves with it, how many calves were there in total? Count them up!
Jog: If you and a cow walk into McDonald’s to order a milkshake, how many legs do you and the cow have together?
Sprint: If you and a cow each order 4 milkshakes, how many milkshakes is that?
Hurdle: If you walk all 3 cows into McDonald’s, what fraction of the legs in that group are yours?
High Jump: If a bunch of friends join you and 3 cows and now 1/2 the legs in the group are people legs, how many friends joined you?
Answers:
Lace up: 3 calves.
Jog: 6 legs.
Sprint: 8 milkshakes.
Hurdle: 1/7, because you have 2 of the 14 legs.
High Jump: 5 friends. Since there are 12 cow legs, you need 12 people legs to be half the total. You have 2, so you need 10 more people legs.
