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From the vacuum description and advertisement in the PDF, how long do you think its cord must be? Thanks to Brian Shoemaker, Newton, MA teacher, for the idea...
He was a great dog! We wondered how old he was in human years? Jorge has been part of YummyMath for a long time. Sadly, yesterday he died....
How big is one coronavirus? How big is a micron? How well do these masks protect against the virus? What can you observe about the size of particles...
This year the Dow Jones Industrial Average made headlines as it dropped in March and April. The Dow is measured in points but this decline can also be...
In late January, workers at the Mars Wrigley plant in Waco, Texas created this giant Snickers Bar. It won a spot in The Guinness Book of Records as...
A fellow teacher, Laura Deschaines , saw this chart on the news the other night. What do you notice? Does anything seem amiss? What should it look like?...
In this activity students have the opportunity to color as they investigate Pascal's triangle and the many useful patterns that it shows. The triangle is explored for patterns,...
I checked my data usage for the month. What do you notice and wonder (see the activity)? What could my data plan be? How much have I used?...
When Brian traveled to Crete last summer with his wife and son on an Archaeological dig, buying gasoline for his small rental car got him wondering again. He...
Texas gets to send a lot more delegates to the July National Democratic Convention than New Hampshire does. How do they figure out what each state's fair number...
Bring a little K-pop music to your class with this activity. Jason Kibbe, a terrific middle school math teacher in Chambersburg, PA , sent us an activity that...
See the updated activity here: https://yummymath.com/post/the-most-expensive-30-seconds/