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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 be needed. Approximation, surface are...
Holiday shipping
Now that the shopping season has begun, it's time to get the packages to your homes. Two big companies take care of a lot of that shipping. How do they manage that?
The mechanis...
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 a graphic that clarifies ...
Wrapping presents on the diagonal
Dr. Sara Santos is a popular mathematician and speaker on mathematics. She has worked out a method for wrapping boxes (rectangular prisms) as efficiently as possible. (W...
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 bicycle lengths, taxi w...
Shopping season already!
Number Sense
Math and Social Studies
Holidays and Annual Events
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
We used to see holiday sales right after Thanksgiving but, surprisingly, holiday shopping has already begun. Sales are advertised everywhere. Students will be able to add some understanding an...
Collecting the most candy
Use your student’s Halloween enthusiasm to do a study on volumes. We’ve created an activity that asks students to calculate the volume of candy containers that are silly and intriguing. ...
I should have invested!
People who have invested their money in the stock markets could have made a lot of money in recent years. Students use yearly percent increase data to decide which stock: Apple, Dis...
Which sale would you rather use?
In this short activity, students decide if these two sales are the same. If not, which is better? How would you explain this to someone?