Year 3 would like to challenge you to solve our maths problem, here it is…
A farmer counts his animals is a very weird way- he counts their feet! He can count 38 feet. However, he has both hens and sheep on his farm. Can you calculate how many sheep and hens he could have. [There is more than one answer.]
Extra Challenge…
How many hens does the farmer have if he has 5 sheep?
How many sheep does he have if he have one hen?
Good luck and post your answer as a comment.
Year 3
I thought that it was really hard to add and subtract the sheep and hens legs. I loved it!!!!
Hi mrs lenny I missed you and the class and p.s the question was very very very hard but I still figured it out.Thank you for that question it was exciting.
It was quite interesting because I noticed that it had a pattern ,every time you added another sheep you would have 2 less hens It was very fun and it was a nice change too.
Hi miss Lenney the farmer could have 4 sheep and 11 hens. He would have 9 hens if he had 5 sheep and would have 9 sheep if he had 1 hen. Easy miss Lenney. You’ll have to make them harder.
Ben I would be happy to find you a more challenging problem! Just let me know.