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Fabulous Food Records

Read more about these records that are good enough to eat!

September 2018

By Alexa Kurzius

Longest Line of Hot Dogs

In 2016, people in Japan lined up 2,289 hot dogs. It formed the longest line of hot dogs, measuring more than 1,157 feet.

So Many Scoops

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

Ashrita Furman balanced 123 scoops of ice cream on one cone in January 2017 in New York City. A scoop weighs about 4 ounces.

Heaviest Carrot

CATERS NEWS AGENCY

The heaviest carrot, grown last year in Minnesota, weighed more than 22 pounds.

Think About the Pictures and Facts

What do you observe?

What do you wonder?

Write a word problem using information on the page. Then challenge a partner to solve it!

Measurement & Data

Metric Measurements, Customary Measurements

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