Teens Don't Eat Enough Fruits and Vegetables!

According to a new study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers, teens are not eating enough fruit and vegetables.


1. Read this article.

2. Convert all of the percentages into fractions and decimals - display in some easy to read format ( a chart or columns perhaps?)

Bonus:
1. How many students ate vegetables less than once per day?

Mrs. Claus Math Journal Math Challenge

Cuckoo Bird Math Challenge

 

If a cuckoo clock cuckoos on the hour (the number of times for that hour) and on the half hour (once each half hour) how many cuckoos does it make each day?

Homeschool Math Challenge Nov. 21

World Hello Day has been celebrated since 1973. How many decades have we been celebrating it?

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Kelly

Homeschool Math Challenge May 13

Mary Queen of Scots lived to be 44 years old. She was imprisoned for 19 years of her life. What percentage of her life was spent in prison?

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Kelly

Bonus Math Challenge

This is not a trick question. This is a real math problem so don't say that a bus has no legs.

There are 7 girls in a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

Homeschool Math Challenge January 23

Parker wears a size 10 shoe, Powell wears a size 8. Palmer wears a size 6.5, and Tyler wears a size 2. What are the mean, and the median of their shoe sizes?

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Kelly

Homeschool Math Challenge January 7

When George Washington was elected president, his salary was $25,000. The salary for the president is now $400,000. By what percentage has the salary increased?

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Kelly

Christmas Tree Facts - Bonus Math Challenge

• Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United States since about 1850.
• In 2002, Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, and Virginia were the top Christmas tree producing states. Oregon was the leading producer of Christmas trees – 6.5 million in 2002.
• The best selling trees are Scotch pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, Fraser fir, Virginia pine, Balsam fir and white pine.
• More than 2,000 trees are usually planted per acre. On an average 1,000-1,500 of these trees will survive. In the North, maybe, 750 trees will remain.
• In the United States, there are more than 21, 000 Christmas tree growers.
• In the United States, there are more than 12,000 cut-your-own farms.
• The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.
• The first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States was started in 1851 in New York by Mark Carr.
• Christmas trees take an average of 7-10 years to mature.
• Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii and Alaska.
• 100,000 people are employed in the Christmas tree industry.
• 98 percent of all Christmas trees are grown on farms.
• In 1856 Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was the first President to place a Christmas tree in the White House.
• President Coolidge started the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the White House lawn in 1923.
• In 2002, 21% of United States households had a real tree, 48% had an artificial tree and 32% had no tree.
• Thomas Edison’s assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882.
• Christmas tree lights were first mass produced in 1890.
• In the first week, a tree in your home will consume as much as a quart of water per day.
• An acre of Christmas trees provides for the daily oxygen requirements of 18 people.
• 2-3 seedlings are planted for every harvested Christmas tree.
• In 2004 sixty million Christmas tree seedlings were planted by Christmas tree farmers.
• 30-35 million Real Christmas Trees are sold in the U.S. every year.

Math Challenge October 25

Many firefighters were called to battle the wildfires. on Monday there were 356 firefighters. On Tuesday, an additional 89 joined the fight, and on Wednesday there were 92 more. By Thursday, 23 firefighters needed to rest and 56 more joined. How many firefighters were there on Thursday?

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Kelly

Bonus Math Problem

Bonus Math Problem!Congratulations! You found it! Now hurry up and solve it and send the answer to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net If you are one of the first 3 people to send in the correct answer you will earn 25 bonus points!

1,000 cows can fit in the barn. It is 2/3 full. How many cows are in there now?

Good Luck!Kelly