Big Papi
What do you wonder?
How many donuts make up this Big Papi tribute? What would be useful to help you figure this out?
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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) ...
How did they figure these tips?
Act I: This restaurant bill has the suggested tips, but they are smudged out. What should they be? Consider having students make a fast 5 to 10 -second prediction in th...
Which is the best deal?
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...
Giant chocolate bunnies
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
What can you deduce about these bunnies from their descriptions ... solid? hollow? cost per pound? cost per height? Anything else?
For Adventurer members we have an editable Word d...
Who can play in this play area?
We visited a Chic-fil-A recently. We had a great meal and my son loved playing in the ...
Oreo Stuffiness
There is yet another Oreo...
This activity builds off the work that Dan Anderson's math class revealed about Original Oreos and Double Stuff Oreos. Students begin by working with the weight of just...
How Many Donuts is That?
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
3-act tasks
Data and probability
Wow factor
Act One: Take a look at the first picture (Krispy-Kreme-photos). What is the first question that comes to mind? How many donuts is that? What information would be useful?
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Passover macaroons
Passover begins this year on Wednesday evening, April 5th, 2023, with a Passover seder dinner. Passover is one of the three high holidays in the Jewish religion and celebrates the Exodus of Jews f...
Which Sweet Hearts are the Best Deal?
I have been doing a little shopping for Sweet Heart Candies. I came across these three deals online. Which should I select?
In this activity students determine w...