Banana Art "Comedian"
What do you think this activity might be about?
What do you wonder?
How much would you pay for this piece of art?
How much profit is involved in this sale?
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Math and Food
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How big of a crepe can you make?
At Costco you can buy this huge tub of nutella. It contains nearly 7 pounds of chocolaty-hazelnut spread.
We use nutella to make banana/nutella crepes. How long will that tub last u...
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 the same time, is t...
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. ...
Chuck E. Cheese needed to shred
Restaurants have been having a hard time and Chuck E. Cheese, with their arcade games and hands on everything, needed to declare bankruptcy during the pandemic. 7 BILLION previously printed tickets ...
Just ONE hot dog
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Science
Math and Food
Sports
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
A newly released nutritional and environmentally sustainable study shows that eating just one hot dog can take 36 minutes off your total healthy lifespan.
How many would you have to eat to lo...
That's a big tomato!
These Aussi tomatoes (the tomato on the left of all of the tomatoes) are huge.
How much do you guess one weighs? Can you figure it out?
Peeps
How many Peeps are sold at Easter time each year?
Students estimate the number of Peeps sold each Easter season. They consider reasonability by making guesses they think might b...
Dunkin's Go2s
Last year, Dunkin Donuts offered a great deal for getting two breakfast sandwiches at a pretty low cost.
Check out their poster for the sandwich costs and pictures.
Can you figure ou...
How should I spend my rewards?
There's a new way to earn rewards at many grocery stores. For every dollar that you spend, you accumulate points. Then there are special rewards where you earn an extra 500 points for ...