A&W's bigger burger
A&W offered a bigger, tastier burger but it didn't succeed in grabbing customers away from the hugely popular McDonald's quarter pounder. The A&W third pounder...
Ratio and Proportion
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Hexadecimal coloring
Probably most of us have heard of and even used hexadecimal color codes. Don't you wonder why their number descriptions really make sense?
In this activity we first ask students to color in o...
Where should I drop my puck
Act 1 - Give students time to view the game board above or give them our one-page activity. The above picture is larger when you click on it. Ask students for their gut reaction about which sl...
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...
How old are you?
We usually give our ages in years, but that isn't very precise is it? In this activity students find their age in days, hours and minutes. First students take two minutes to estimate the...
NBA Finals 2022
The Celtics will meet the Warriors this year!
Teams are competing in the playoffs and the NBA Finals are right around the corner. Let's do a little sports history and data analysis through ...
The odds of horse race betting
Rich Strike surprised everyone at the Kentucky Derby horse race in early May by moving from 18th place at the half-way mark (out of 20 horses) to winning the race. Churchill Downs, the track in...
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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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...
Mental math tricks - part 2
36 x 25 = 900 480 x 25 =12,000 924 x 2.5 = 2,310
Can you see any tricks for doing these calculations in your head?
An editable Word docx, solutions/hints, and a PowerPoi...