⇒ 4:  Hours you can take advantage of $2 rides and games every Friday, from noon to 4 p.m.

⇒ 1:  Change of clothes your children will need after playing in the shooting water feature in front of the Hangar

⇒ 3:  Number of free rides kids can earn by reading two books

⇒ $0:  Entrance cost for kids 12 and younger on Thursdays

⇒ $30:  What it costs for unlimited ride wristbands, sold until 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays

⇒ 2:  Dollars it will cost on Thursday afternoons to sample various fair foods

⇒ 1,500:  Calories in a Krispy Kreme triple cheeseburger at Chicken Charley’s at the Fair. A 60-pound kid burns 70 calories in an hour of walking around. That math is scary!

⇒ 4:  How many of the 20 scheduled acts at this year’s Fair (a lineup that includes Styx, UB40, and The B-52s) our panel of kids have heard of.

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⇒ 32:  inches for the smallest rides such as buggy cars or motorcycles

⇒ 36:  inches to ride the dragon roller coaster alone

⇒ 42 :  inches to ride most kids’ stuff, including the pirate adventure, alone

⇒ 48 :  inches to ride just about everything!