Big Bucks (Updated)
In 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a jaw-dropping 2-year deal worth over $710 million, making him the highest-paid athlete per year in sports history. In this updated activity, students will look at so...
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Bye bye Antibiotic Chickens
🔔 Free Trial Alert!🐔Fast food chains like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread, Chipotle, and Whole Foods are moving toward removing antibiotics from the food we consume to help combat antibiotic-res...
Mashed Potatoes Proportions
🥔 "Why do we never have enough mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving?" In this updatedactivity, students will dive into the math of mashed potatoes planning to ensu...
Leslie's Yummy Pumpkin Pie
Every year more and more people come to our house on Thanksgiving morning for my (Leslie's)famous pumpkin pie and a hike in the nearby woods. This year 23 people have already accepted. How man...
Two 12s or one 18?
A little more pizza fun before Pi day!
Which should we order and why? Two 12-inch pizzas or one 18-inch pizza? Which will give you more pizza? More crust? Which is the better deal? ...
Big bucks 2023
Updated!
When soccer great, Lionel Messi played for Barcelona, he had one of the highest paid contracts of any athlete in the world. He had a $674 million dollar 4-year contract. Canelo Álv...
Mallie's latest Big Burger
It's time to treat your students to ratios, proportions, fractions and BIG BURGERS! In this activity students explore the ratio of the various ingredients in the world's largest burger (pic...
Home team advantage?
Updated!
Even before your students check out the graphic below, ask them whether they think a game played at home gives their team an advantage. If so, how much of an advantage? Enjoy t...
The new largest Lego set ever - The Roman Colosseum
Note: This is a remake of our 2014 and 2017 activities "How Much Does a Lego Cost?".
How much could the Roman Colossem Lego set cost ?
Student first make a guess and then think about what ...
Candy deals
Number Sense
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Ratio and Proportion
3-act tasks
Data and probability
We found big mixed bags of candy at really good prices ... we think.
Students are asked to decide which would be the best deal and the worst deal on candy. They can also create t...