Spotted on Halloween

With Halloween just a few days away, it’s time to decorate. We’re loving this idea from the Momma Owl’s Lab blog: Take a paper towel tube, punch little holes in it, then place glowsticks inside. Then stage your polka-dotted decorations in windows or outside on top of your bushes. Just remember, glowsticks last only a few hours, so you’ll have to wait till Halloween itself!
Lace up: How many glowsticks outside the tube can you see in the picture?
Jog: If you grab 5 orange glowsticks and 4 yellow ones, how many do you have?
Sprint: If you take 9 glowsticks from a pack of 50, how many are left in there to make glow-in-the-dark bracelets?
Hurdle: If you punch 7 holes in each paper tube (all on one side so you can see them all), how many glowing spots can you get by filling 8 tubes with glowsticks? (Hint if needed: Multiplying by 8 is like doubling a number 3 times in a row.)
High Jump: If a real spider is normally just 1/2 inch wide and the big decoration ones are 26 times as wide, how wide is the fake spider?
Answers:
Lace up: 4 glowsticks.
Jog: 9 glowsticks.
Sprint: 41 glowsticks.
Hurdle: 56 spots.
High Jump: 13 inches.And thank you to blogger Rachel Ford for this great idea!

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