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Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?

Algebra Number Sense Sports Probability and Statistics
 In this activity students compare team wins with team salaries in the four major North American sports ... the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL.  Students use data from recent seasons to create scatte...

Hexadecimal coloring

Number Sense Geometry Science Art Ratio and Proportion
 Probably most of us have heard of and even used hexadecimal color codes. Don't you wonder why their number descriptions really make sense? In this activity we first ask students to color in our ...

April Fool's Day fun

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays Funny
This day is known for pranks and puzzles.   Try one of these 4 activities on April Fools' Day.Ask students to analyze where I made my mistake.  CCSS: MP1, MP3, 4.OA, 5.G, 8.EE, 8.SP &nb...

Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

Number Sense Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this graphic. What can you tell, wha...

Monopoly

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
In the board game, Monopoly, does a property’s distance from GO correlate to its rent when you land on it? Using Brian’s spread sheet (list of properties, distance from GO, rent and rent with...

At least the days are getting longer

Algebra Number Sense Science Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
What's your guess?  How fast are the number of daylight hours changing each day?  Are the changes dramatic or subtle? Students make guesses; compute how l...

Are baseball games getting longer?

Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
  March 28th, 2018 was opening day for this year's Major League Baseball season. It's a good time for some Major League Baseball math! In this activity students think about how major league ...

Pythagorean Triples and coloring

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Art
Pythagorean triples are not only handy for students to recognize but produce some interesting and lovely patterns.  We've combined a little coloring with our Pythagorean Triple patter...

Checking in on LeBron

Number Sense Sports
Now the that season is underway let’s check in on how Cleveland and the Lakers are doing since LeBron changed teams. LeBron is arguably the best player in the NBA and a tremendous addition to a team...

Weird wing prices

Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
Clicking on this image will show it larger in a new window. Danny's Wok in Philadelphia has a huge price list for ordering their famous chicken wings. Why did they write t...
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