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Will sending you back to school this year cost a fortune?
Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Holidays and Annual Events Current events
With high inflation rates, supply shortages, and rethinking what is essential spending, back to school spending might be different this year. Back-to-school spending is huge and students mi...

The Algebra of Magic Squares
Algebra Number Sense
Have you seen magic squares before? How could a teacher use these puzzles to help students with different number skills? How few blank cells could you leave? Are there any special cel...

Whole lot of cookies
Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
Jennifer Fairbanks from Hopkinton, MA sent us this picture of the cookies that she baked in 4 hours using 13 eggs and 5 cups of sugar. Do you see some math here? Do you have an add...

Mental math tricks - part 2
Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
36 x 25 = 900     480 x 25 =12,000    924 x 2.5 = 2,310 Can you see any tricks for doing these calculations in your head? An editable Word docx, solutions/hints, and a PowerPoi...

Holiday soda displays
Algebra Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
The holidays are coming! We found these timely soda displays made up entirely of 12-pack of Coca-Cola products. What questions do you have?  Start out the activity by giving kids 30 ...

USPS needs help!
Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Current events Data and probability
The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately.  Does it seem like your mail takes longer to reach where you have sent it now?  Do you wonder why there are delays and whether things w...

Microns and Masks
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion
  How big is one coronavirus? How big is a micron? How well do these masks protect against the virus? What can you observe about the size of particles mentioned? Why are we wearing masks?

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2019
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events
 As we get ready for next week's holiday, students can study a map of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, describe, measure and hypothesize why this route was chosen and then calculate...

Impress your parents at dinner
Algebra Number Sense
This activity is the first in our series on mental math tricks.  Let your students develop their own individual way of mentally multiplying by 0.5, 5, 50, 500, and so on.  We have a litt...

Which is the best deal?
Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
How do you calculate and justify which deal is a better savings?  By dollars saved?  By percent saved? By some other measure? Looking at 4 different deals, students will need to...
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