The best party balloons are the ones that float. So a crazy guy named Daniel Boria wondered if HE could fly using party balloons. He tied 110 balloons to a folding chair and flew right into the sky — really! But the wind blew him the wrong way, and he landed in a field. What goes up must come down!
Lace up: If Daniel blew up red, blue, yellow, green, and white balloons, how many colors is that?
Jog: If Daniel took off at 2:00 pm and crash-landed 2 hours later, when did he land?
Sprint: If Daniel really needed just 100 balloons, not 110, how many extra balloons did he blow up?
Hurdle: In the 1980s, a guy nicknamed Lawn Chair Larry tried this trick with 45 GIANT balloons. How many more balloons did Daniel use?
High Jump: If Daniel spent $1 for every pack of 10 balloons to make 110, plus $20 on the chair, how much did his flying machine cost?The sky’s the limit — for real: If 1/2 of the 110 balloons had popped after 10 minutes, and then 1/5 of the ones *left* had popped 1 minute later, and then 1/2 of the ones left after that had popped, how many balloons would have been left?
Answers:
Lace up: 5 colors.
Jog: At 4:00 pm.
Sprint: 10 extra balloons.
Hurdle: 65 more balloons.
High Jump: $31, since the 110 balloons cost $11.
