USPS needs help!
The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately. Does it seem like your mail takes longer to reach where you have sent it now? Do you wonder why there are delays and whether things w...
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It might be a good year to see the Perseid meteor shower
Catching a productive meteor shower can be a stunning experience. On the evenings and mornings of August 11th, 12th and 13th there could be a very good show. A last quarter moon ...
Really stuffed!
Wow, these cookies look really stuffed!
How much more "stuffed" are they compared to Triple Double Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos or even Original Oreos. Does this look yummy to you or gr...
Coronavirus trends
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine has a team that maintains current maps and data about the Coronavirus. They record changes and show trends of the virus activity throughout the World. Enjo...
Sadly, Jorge passed away yesterday.
He was a great dog! We wondered how old he was in human years?
Jorge has been part of YummyMath for a long time. Sadly, yesterday he died. We wondered how old he would ...
Stock Market headlines - Biggest losses since 2008
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This year the Dow Jones Industrial Average made headlines as it dropped in March and April.
The Dow is measured in points but this decline can also be measured in the percentage lost. W...
What is with this chart?
A fellow teacher, Laura Deschaines, saw this chart on the news the other night. What do you notice? Does anything seem amiss? What should it look like?
For Adventurer members we...
Hoarding stopped!
A Danish market found an interesting way to limit hoarding of hand sanitizer.
How much are these costs in your currency?
What is the unit price on these bottles...
Data remaining ... tricky
I checked my data usage for the month. What do you notice and wonder (see the activity)?
What could my data plan be?
How much have I used?
How much will...
How many delegates does each state get to send to the Democratic Convention?
Texas gets to send a lot more delegates to the July National Democratic Convention than New Hampshire does. How do they figure out what each state's fair number of delegates ...