Our friends just told us about the most math-tastically named place: Round Rock, Texas! This town is named for a large, nearly circular rock in the middle of a creek. Long ago people would look for this rock to know if it was safe to cross: you were good to go if the water level was below the rock. Today Round Rock is famous for its doughnuts, and everyone there round rocks ‘round the clock.
Wee Ones: Which word has more letters: round or rock? Count on your fingers as you spell out each word!
Little Kids: If you swim around Round Rock 7 times, how many more times do you have to go to make 10 trips around Round Rock?
Bonus: If the Round Rock gets covered by water only on every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, how many weeks does it take to be covered on 12 total days?
Big Kids: Round Rock is also famous for round doughnuts. If you get 5 dozen doughnuts for a party and 1/2 are glazed, how many glazed doughnuts is that? (Reminder: 1 dozen = 12 items.)
Bonus: If only 1/3 of those glazed doughnuts also have sprinkles, how many glazed doughnuts do not have sprinkles?
Answers:
Wee Ones: R-o-u-n-d has 1 more letter than r-o-c-k!
Little Kids: 3 more trips.
Bonus: 4 weeks, because it gets covered 3 days per week.
Big Kids: 30 doughnuts,
Bonus: 20 glazed doughnuts don’t have sprinkles.
