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Holiday Candy Sales

Algebra Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
In this updated activity, students will analyze U.S. holiday candy sales data to calculate the approximate amount spent on candy for each holiday. Using real-world percentage...

Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy

Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
🎃Leverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where they’ll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bags—ranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, ...

The size of chocolates

Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
In this activity students assume that all of our pieces of chocolate are about the same thickness and proceed to approximate their volumes by comparing only their surface areas.  Consider sh...

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...

Candy deals

Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
We found big mixed bags of candy at really good prices ... we think. Students are asked to decide which would be the best deal and the worst deal on candy.  They can also create t...

How much chocolate is left?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
In this short activity, students reason and calculate what is left of these chocolate bars.  The bars are the same size but are molded into different number of sections.  Which one has...

Which Sweet Hearts are the Best Deal?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion
 I have been doing a little shopping for Sweet Heart Candies. I came across these three deals online.  Which should I select?    In this activity students determine w...

Big gulp

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Food
Do you or your students love sugary drinks?  What if it were against the law to order a large sugary drink where you lived?  On September 13th, 2012 the New York City Health Department ban...
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