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NBA Finals 2026
NBA Finals 2026

Teams are competing in the playoffs, and the NBA Finals are right around the corner. Let's do a little sports history and data analysis through the context of...

Sports Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–7
Big Bucks (Updated)
Big Bucks (Updated)

In 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a jaw-dropping 2-year deal worth over $710 million, making him the highest-paid athlete per year in sports history. In this updated activity, students...

Sports Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–6
The Last Great Race on Earth
The Last Great Race on Earth

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event in which mushers and teams of 12-16 dogs race across Alaska from Anchorage to Nome, in the cold...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
The Most Expensive 30 Seconds
The Most Expensive 30 Seconds

This year, the 30-second Super Bowl ads will cost about 8 million dollars! Do you wonder how much one ad will cost next year? In 5 years? In...

Algebra Sports Grades 7–HS
The huge costs behind the Olympics
The huge costs behind the Olympics

Hosting the Olympic Games is extremely expensive. In this updated activity, students explore the cost of hosting the Olympics, what a cost overrun (percentage increase) means, and how...

Algebra Math and Social Studies Grades 5–7
Super Bowl Numerals
Super Bowl Numerals

Super Bowl numbers are appearing again! As students start getting into the current Super Bowl hype, help them to understand the notation that the sports writers and advertisements...

Number Sense Sports Grades 4–7
Fantasy Football (2025)
Fantasy Football (2025)

We're at the midway point of the 2025 NFL season! What a great time to connect math to sports!🏈 In this activity, students use real statistics from recent...

Algebra Sports Grades 5–7
2023 World Cup Cricket
2023 World Cup Cricket

The Cricket World Cup is being played now (October 5 to November 19, 2023) in India. This is a complex game that is played with enthusiasm and humor....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
U. S. Open Tennis Tournament prizes have been awarded
U. S. Open Tennis Tournament prizes have been awarded

The U.S. Open Tennis Tournament has just been completed. It is possibly the biggest tennis tournament in the world. We've updated our numbers and focused on the prize...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–HS
Justin Verlander's lunch bill
Justin Verlander's lunch bill

In the 2017 World Series, the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and went on to play (and lose to) the Boston Red Sox in the finals....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–7
Jock tax 2023
Jock tax 2023

Great professional athletes make a lot of money. Did you know that professional athletes have to pay an amazing amount of federal, state, and sometimes even city tax?...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Women's World Cup - How many matches are left?
Women's World Cup - How many matches are left?

The first round of Group play has finished and now the remaining teams start the second round of play. The teams have already played a lot of matches....

Number Sense Geometry Grades 3–HS