When you eat dinner, usually you don’t want animals waiting to grab a bite from your plate. But at restaurants in Japan, people are hanging out with birds of prey on purpose. At owl-themed cafes, real live owls flap around over your head and watch you eat. The chefs even make some of the food to look like owls! It’s great if you don’t mind your meal looking back at you.
Lace up: How many owl-shaped treats can you count in the picture?
Jog: If you need 3 teeny slices of food to make an owl eye, how many little slices do you need for 1 owl dessert?
Sprint: Each owl dessert has 2 eyes. How many eyes are needed to make owl desserts for you and 3 friends?
Hurdle: If a cafe serves 200 fish as sushi every day to its customers, and 300 fish to its “parliament” (flock) of owls, how many fish does the restaurant go through each day?
High Jump: A cafe goes through 700 fish each day to feed its customers and its owls. How many fish does the restaurant have to buy each week?
Answers:
Lace up: 6.
Jog: 6 slices.
Sprint: 8 eyes.
Hurdle: 500 fish.
High Jump: 4,900 fish!
