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Payday loans - What are they?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
When you need a loan, and you're desperate for help, is a Payday loan a good idea?  What is a PayDay loan?  How is it different from a bank loan or a credit card loan? Students learn ...

Monopoly

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
In the board game, Monopoly, does a property’s distance from GO correlate to its rent when you land on it? Using Brian’s spread sheet (list of properties, distance from GO, rent and rent with...

Tree for Springtime

Algebra Geometry Math and Art
Here in the Northeast, flowers are blooming and trees are leafing out. We thought the creation of a tree that grows before your eyes might be akin to what is going on all around us. What d...

Can I get your order right?

Algebra Math and Food Data and probability
  You can order a ton of combos at Chipotle.  They advertise that there are 65,000 ways to order their meals.  Do you think that is correct?  Here's an article on the permutatio...

AQI - Air Quality Index

Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Current events Data and probability
The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate matter, dangerous ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide there is in the world's atmosphere at any one time and place. This W...

Does an NFL player's draft order mean a lot for the player?

Algebra Sports Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Updated! This Thursday, April 27th, college football players will be awaiting knowing their futures in the NFL.Every spring, roughly 250 college football players are drafted by NFL teams throug...

Peeps

Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Data and probability
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

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food
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...

John Urschel, retired Baltimore Raven and Black mathematician

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
John Urschel is a young man with several seemingly disparate characteristics and talents.  He is an athlete and a mathematician and he is a black man and a mathematician.  He loves what he...

Inauguration Date

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Data and probability
  The date of the Presidential Inauguration this year can be written in an interesting way. What do you notice?  What do you wonder?  Do you think that this happens often in a yea...
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