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Cruising
There have been a lot of cruise ship mishaps and disasters this year. While these are in the news, let your students consider how these floating cities manage...
Algebra
Number Sense
Grades 5–8
Twinkies
Brian loves Twinkies and the news that Hostess is going out of business has upset him terribly. He needs his Twinkies. Twinkies last forever. Right? He's going to...
Number Sense
Geometry
Grades 5–7
Is this possible?
Brian Shoemaker, a Newton, MA mathematics teache r, saw this Dunkin Donuts Mazda traveling down the road. He wondered if that size coffee cup could really have coffee...
Algebra
Number Sense
Grades 7–HS
Chocolate Milk and Mixture
Image by Freepik Chemistry experiments and algebra problems sometimes ask students to create percent mixtures or to change a mixture into a stronger or weaker solution by adding...
Algebra
Math and Food
Grades 8–HS