Huge Alaskan Vegetables
The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes.
Evidently, even though the growing season in Alaska is s...
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Can I get your order right?
You can order a ton of combos at Chipotle. They advertise that there are 65,000 ways to order their meals. Do you think that is correct?
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Peeps
How many Peeps are sold at Easter time each year?
Students estimate the number of Peeps sold each Easter season. They consider reasonability by making guesses they think might b...
How many Smashburgers?
Egad! There must be a million ways to craft one of these burger! How many ways do you think that there are?
Act I - Study the menu image on the right and consider what sort o...
Another year of Never Ending Pasta
On September 15, 2016, Olive Garden again offered a $100 pass for never-ending pasta, bread sticks, salad and coca cola soft drinks. The 21,000 patrons who quickly (in less than a minute) ...
Shamrock Shake
For Saint Patrick's Day add a little nutrition math to your celebration. In this post we look at calories, carbohydrates, sugars, fats, and proteins to decide what would be left for our day's ...
Methane math
Updated! Carbon dioxide and methane are our two most prevalent human-contributed greenhouse gases. This holstein cow is one of many huge contributors to our methane production. &nb...
Big gulp
Do you or your students love sugary drinks? What if it were against the law to order a large sugary drink where you lived? On September 13th, 2012 the New York City Health Department ban...
Starbucks sales (Updated!)
Time to give students some authentic math on a topic they will surely be interested in ... Starbucks! We ask and answer a few questions in this activity.
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