We love looking at all the funny costumes people come up with. But some of the best costumes are worn by dogs. Each year Americans spend $350 million dressing up pets – compared to $950 million they spend on costumes for kids. And the funny part is, some of those kids dressed up as dogs!
Wee ones: How many dogs do you see in the picture?
Little kids: If you have 5 dogs dressed up as dinosaurs, how many more dinosaur dogs would you need to have 8 dinosaurs in total? Bonus: If you had 2 dogs posing as dinosaurs and 2 real dinosaurs, how many legs would they have altogether? (Count only the real legs, not the costume ones.)
Big kids: New York City is home to a big dog costume parade. If there are 275 dogs in a parade and 10 times as many people watching, how many people are watching? Bonus: If 2020 was the 30th dog costume parade, in what year was the first?
Answers:
Wee ones: 2 dogs.
Little kids: 3 more dogs. Bonus: 16 legs, since you’d have 4 4-legged animals.
Big kids: 2,750. Bonus: In 1991.
