How many baseballs are in this truck?

2023-11-20 09:44:53

How many baseballs are in this truck?


In 2017, Old Dominion Freight Line offered 2 free tickets to the next 3 World Series to the person who guesses closest to "How many baseballs are in this truck?". Alas, the contest ended on August 31st, 2017. We've created a math activity so that students can reason and apply math to solve a true real world puzzle.  

For Adventurer members we have an editable docx, our Excel sheet of calculations, and solutions/tips.

Note:  We still don't know the winning solution.  If we did, we wouldn't tell you! We've shown a few solution methods and a reasonable range of possible asnwers.

Our thanks to Kim LeQuire for this idea.

Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Winter Solstice 2023
    It is really dark out now.  Why is that? Stud...
    Tiny vacuum with a huge reach
    From the vacuum description and advertisement in...
    How much have doughnuts changed?
    Part of the Smithsonian's Sally L. Steinberg C...
    Opening Weekend - Avengers: Endgame
    Can you tell from its opening we...
    Curling
    Friction, score-keeping, trajector...
    How much water should you be drinking?
    As we are outdoors more and temperatures are ris...
    Green, green river
    During the St. Patrick's Day parade in C...
    Cruising
    There have been a lot of cruise ship mishaps and...
    Shamrock Shake
    For Saint Patrick's Day add a little nutrition m...
    Tree for Springtime
    Here in the Northeast, flowers are blooming and ...