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An American dollar bill is 6 inches long. An American football field is 360 feet. How many dollar bills would you have to line up end to end to cross the entire field?
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Football Field and Dollar Bills Math Challenge
An American dollar bill is 6 inches long. An American football field is 360 feet. How many dollar bills would you have to line up end to end to cross the entire field?
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Software Use Math Challenge
Daily Infographic surveyed a group of design professionals and compiled the data above. Using this data, answer the following questions:
1. What percentage use Microsoft Word most often?
2. What percentage use Google Docs most often?
3. What fraction of design professionals use Evernote most often for note taking
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Multiplication Arrays Math Challenge
Write two math sentences for the multiplication array above. How many in all?
Monday, December 6, 2010
Maryland State Flag Math Challenge
Maryland's state flag is made up of the Calvert and Crossland Family Seals. Each family has their seal displayed twice. What fraction if the flag does one seal take up?
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Flower Math Challenge
A florist buys roses at $0.50 apiece and sells them for $1.00 apiece. If there are no other expenses, how many roses must be sold in order to make a profit of $400? How did you figure that out?
100 Coin Challenge
Put 100 coins on the table. Make the widest structure that you can that stands at least 1 inch tall with the coins. Every coin must touch another coin and try to have the fewest coins touching the table.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Pencil Math Challenge
An average pencil can write about 50,000 words. How many words can 8 pencils write? How many can 80 pencils write?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Place Value Lesson Plan
Numbers are made up of digits in the same way that words are made up of letters. Digits can be any number from 0 to 9.
Place Value is the value given to the place a digit has in a number.
The number 432 (four hundred thirty-two) is made up of the digits 4,3, and 2. Each digit has a special value which depends on its place in the number.
These words are called place value headings.
four hundreds 
For more practice click here.
Place Value is the value given to the place a digit has in a number.
The number 432 (four hundred thirty-two) is made up of the digits 4,3, and 2. Each digit has a special value which depends on its place in the number.These words are called place value headings.
| ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
| 4 | 3 | 2 |
The number 432 is made up of :
four hundreds
three tens
and two ones
You Try:
Think about how you would say the number 68,143. Copy the chart and write the numbers in the correct column.
Think about how you would say the number 68,143. Copy the chart and write the numbers in the correct column.
| ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones |
For more practice click here.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Math In The News - Facebook
- Twitter has 105 million users. That is _____ fewer than Facebook. Estimate the answer, then calculate.
- LinkedIn has 70 million users. Facebook has ____ more users than LinkedIn.
- Together, Twitter and LinkedIn have _____ fewer users than Facebook.
- Facebook has a goal of reaching 1 billion users. How many more do they need?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge March 17
A group of kids are selling green Kool Aid on St. Patrick's Day. A large cup of Kool Aid is $1.56 and a small cup of Kool Aid is $0.53. Customers at their stand purchased 91 large cups of Kool Aid and 234 small cups of Kool Aid. How much money did they earn?Send answers to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net
Good Luck!
Kelly
Homeschool Math Challenge March 16
Davy walked every step of a 400-mile journey, keeping cattle together for Mr. Siler. At the end of the trip Mr. Siler paid Davy $5.00 dollars. How much money did Davy make per mile of his trip?
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Good Luck!
Kelly
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge March 3
Alligators are a very important part of the Florida wetlands. If there were 1,200 alligators in one of these areas, but the population decreased by 2.5% every year for five years, how many alligators would be left at the end of the five-year period?Send answers to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net
Good Luck!
Kelly
Homeschool Math Challenge March 2
The more things that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. If you read 25 pages in 45 minutes on Monday, 25 pages in 42 minutes on Tuesday, and 25 pages in 41 minutes on Wednesday, what is the total time in hours that you read in all 3 days?
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Good Luck!
Kelly
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge February 23
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are remodeling their house. The bathroom in the hallway will have a special bathtub in it. The bathtub has a door on the side so Grandmother Jones can get into the bathtub from her wheelchair. The bathtub is 5 feet 11 inches long and 3 feet 2 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the bathtub?
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Good Luck!
Kelly
Friday, February 20, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge February 20
An auto dealer sold 12 cars last month and 19 cars this month. What was the percent increase in sales?
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Kelly
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge February 19
The diameter of Venus is seven thousand, five hundred nineteen miles. What is the diameter of Venus rounded to the nearest thousand miles?
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Good Luck!
Kelly
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Homeschool Math Challenge February 18
If a battery manufacturing plant makes 23,000 per hour, how many do they make in an eight hour work day?Send answers to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net
Good Luck!
Kelly
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