Garden Math

Below find the Garden Math questions found in the journal posts and videos.  Also find math for farmers in the the Egg Inventory Page, Rainfall Page, and Market Sales Page.

1. There are 4 school chickens and we have 4 chickens already at our house.  How many chickens do we have in total? Journal page source
2.  I have to cut 1 inch from Coco's nails.  I can cut 1/16th inch per day. How many days will it take to cut and inch from Coco's nails? Journal
3. If we clear 1/4 of the medicine wheel a day, how many days will it take to clear all the wild plants from the medicine wheel? Journal Page
4. Today is March 25. My marigold seeds will germinate in 5-10 days.  What is the earliest date that I may see the marigold seedlings? Journal Page
5. Each chicken needs ½ cup of food a day.  There are 8 chickens.  How many cups of food does Farmer Ladybug use each day? Journal page
6. Farmer Ladybug wants to make meringue.  She needs 10 eggs.  The 8 chickens lay 3 eggs a day.  How many days will it take for her to have enough eggs to make meringue?
7. If yard waste could be measured in gallons, and today I put 4, 5-gallon buckets of yard waste in the chicken yard, solve how many total gallons of yard waste I put on the chicken yard today.  If I need to do 6, 5-gallon buckets a day to cover the whole yard, how many total gallons is that? Journal page
8. Check the Rainfall Page.  What is the largest rain measurement?  What is the smallest rain measurement? What is the total rainfall so far this school year?  What is the average rainfall (=total rainfall/# of records)? Journal Page
9. If there are 4 people and we each get 3, how many total oatmeal cookies do Cob-weaver and Ant make? Journal Page
10. I made 3 pizzas.  Each pizza had 8 slices.  How many total slices of pizza were there?  There are 4 people in the family.  How many do each of us get?  Do you think we ate it all? Journal page.
11. Farmer Ladybug's  marigold pack says they were packed in 2014.  How old are Farmer Ladybug's marigold seeds? Journal page
12. Using a ruler, find the measurement for 1 millimeter (mm). Journal page
13. If I used 1 cup (1 part) of oats to make oat milk and I need 2 times (2 parts) the amount of water for the recipe, how much water do I use? Journal page
14. Try to estimate the total number of individuals in a flock of birds by just looking at it.  Scientists often use estimates like this for counting large numbers of things, but if you want to use it in science you need to be accurate.  That takes practice.  You can estimate the number of insects in an area, or the number of seeds in a seed pack.  Check after by actually counting them to see if your estimate was close, or better yet, right on target. Journal Page
15. Chickens poop, like all birds, is a mixture of poop and pee, called urea.  Because they are birds, their bodies are designed to move waste very quickly through their digestive tract to make them lighter for flight.  Conservatively, a chicken will poop 10 times a day.  I have 8 chickens, each pooping 10 times a day.  How many total chicken poops do I need to clean each day? Journal Page
16.  If Coco is 7, what year was she born? Journal Page