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Algebra Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Let your students consider the graphic first individually and then in groups of your choosing before handing out the activity sheet. This might be an excellent beginning-of-the-year, get-to-kn...

Should I get the Big One?

Algebra Food Ratio and Proportion
  Let your students decide if the BIG one is a fair deal.    Which size will they get?  Which size offers the most value?  Make a guess, then do the math.

Proposed southern border wall

Number Sense Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion
You have probably heard about the proposed border wall that may go up along the U.S./Mexico border.  How much wall needs to be built? How much will that cost? What is that per mile? Per foo...

Are these really 70% off?

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
We ran into this sale online. Is that advertisement correct?  Do they just want us to believe their math and not question what is really 70% off?  Is everything or...

Pokémon GO! I should have invested

Algebra Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Pikachu Pokémon GO is all the rage.  News reports show people glued to their smart phones as they travel to nearby landmarks where virtual critters appear and need to be caught ...

Double Discount

Algebra Number Sense
   Wow, check out this sale!  I'm gonna be able to get this great hoodie so cheap!   If I use the promo code what will be the total percent off?

How did they figure these tips?

Number Sense Social Studies Food
  Act I:  This restaurant bill has the suggested tips, but they are smudged out.  What should they be?  Consider having students make a fast 5 to 10 -second prediction in th...

Which is the best deal?

Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion
How do you calculate and justify which deal is a better savings?  By dollars saved?  By percent saved? By some other measure? Looking at 4 different deals, students will need to...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away 99% of their shares of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
  That sounds like an awful lot of their Facebook shares.  They want to help create a better world for their daughter, Max. I wonder if they will have enough left over to live on? The...

Growth of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 In this activity, students analyze and graph the numbers and decide if Facebook's growth in the first 20 years has been linear, exponential, meteoric, or something else.  Will the number of...

Green, green river

Algebra Number Sense Holidays Ratio and Proportion
During the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, the local plumbers union dyes the Chicago River emerald green. Students learn what PPM (parts per million) means and  attempt to figure ...

Shamrock Shake

Number Sense Science Food Holidays
For Saint Patrick's Day add a little nutrition math to your celebration.  In this post we look at calories, carbohydrates, sugars, fats, and proteins to decide what would be left for our day's ...
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