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When will WORDLE run out of words?
When will WORDLE run out of words?

Have you played it yet? If so, do you play it every day? Why do you suppose that this game is so popular? When will there be no...

Number Sense Current events Grades 4–HS
Shrinkflation
Shrinkflation

Shrinkflation! What do you think this word means? Inflation in the cost of living (2021) was estimated to be about a 7% rise. If "shrinkflation" is happening at...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–7
February 22, 2022
February 22, 2022

Why do you suppose we are posting this date as a topic for YummyMath? What do you think is so special about this date? Does this happen often?...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–5
The LUGE
The LUGE

This is one of the fastest Olympic sports. Lugers, on tiny sleds, zoom down a solid ice track at fantastic speeds, hold their bodies in an aerodynamically optimized...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

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...

Number Sense Sports Grades 2–HS
Cold NFL games
Cold NFL games

There have been some pretty cold football games. How do you suppose the frigid temperatures affect the success or failure of the teams that are involved? Do teams...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–7
Lighting the 2022 Olympic Torch
Lighting the 2022 Olympic Torch

On October 18 th , 2021 the Olympic Torch was lit in Greece. It was lit without the help of a flame or a match. It was lit...

Algebra Geometry Grades 4–HS
The James Webb telescope
The James Webb telescope

 After launch, the telescope deployed on its 30-day, million-mile journey out to the second Lagrange point (L2). This video shows the deployment procedure, timeline, and location of...

Algebra Number Sense
Will one roll be enough?
Will one roll be enough?

Students can use the man or the basket as a reference as they try to approximate the size of these gifts and how much wrapping paper will actually...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–6
What can you tell about a snowflake?
What can you tell about a snowflake?

As a snowflake falls from the sky, its crystal grows according to the humidity and temperatures of the air that it passes through. In this activity, students interpret...

Geometry Math and Science Grades 5–HS
2 New Macy's Parade balloons
2 New Macy's Parade balloons

As the Macy's Parade returns to public viewing, here are two balloons that Macy's artists have added. Can you figure out their dimensions? Macy's give their dimensions in...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos
Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead is always on the first and second of November. Life and death are part of the natural cycle of life and the Dia...

Algebra Number Sense