Last puzzle of the year - The last day of this year, December 31st, 2023, has something special about it. Do you notice anything about the numbers of this date? (Hint, Try differen...

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27.12.2023

A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year’s eve ball – Yummy Math

A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year’s eve ball - What does truncation mean? How is the Times Square Ball related to an icosahedron? Let students learn about the crystals and the LEDs that create this bea...

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25.12.2023

Is 2024 a special number? – Yummy Math

Is 2024 a special number? - Students are introduced to some esoteric number categories. While checking out the number they practice reducing fractions, reviewing bases, using formula...

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20.12.2023

Thank you and goodbye – Yummy Math

Thank you and goodbye - We first published YummyMath in March of 2010. Now, as of December 31, 2023 (almost 14 years later) we need to say goodbye and thank you for your support...

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17.12.2023

Before the Holidays (16 activities) – Yummy Math

Before the Holidays (16 activities) - We have tons (well, 16) of activities to bring to your class in this last week before the holiday break. Movies, science, art, cooking, economics, weather...

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13.12.2023

Winter Solstice 2023 + 6 more winter activities – Yummy Math

Winter Solstice 2023 + 6 more winter activities - How is the amount of darkness now related to your location on Earth? Relating the Winter Solstice to where you live. Read more →

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10.12.2023

Holiday Movies – Yummy Math

Holiday Movies - Which movie do you think is the highest grossing holiday movie of all time? Students analyze holiday movie data. They will round, estimate, compare, calcu...

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06.12.2023

Will I pay less if I buy more? – Yummy Math

Will I pay less if I buy more? - In this activity, when you spend more than the three cut-off points you get a greater discount. What amounts should you not spend? Should you spend more ...

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03.12.2023

Starbucks sales and nutrition – Yummy Math

Starbucks sales and nutrition - It's a good time to give students some authentic math on a topic they probably will be interested in ... Starbucks beverages. We ask and answer a few que...

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29.11.2023

Hanukkah is almost here! – 3 activities – Yummy Math

Hanukkah is almost here! – 3 activities - Three great activities to play and learn about Hanukkah. Soda displays, Hebrew calendar, and relating two recipes for their healthiness.Read more →

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26.11.2023

What does my wreath symbolize? – Yummy Math

What does my wreath symbolize? - Students learn about the source of the peace sign. They play with semaphore images to design their own logo. They investigate the number of semaphore sig...

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19.11.2023

Thanksgiving, football, shopping and giving – Yummy Math

Thanksgiving, football, shopping and giving - Thirteen provocative activities for this holiday season of Thanksgiving, football, and shopping.Read more →

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19.11.2023

Consumer Spending 2023 – Yummy Math

Consumer Spending 2023 - Consumers in the U.S. spend a lot of money. In this activity we look at historical data to see if there are any patterns in our spending. How does our ho...

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15.11.2023

Greetings from our future owner, Soo Yeon – Yummy Math

Greetings from our future owner, Soo Yeon - Soo Yeon is a Mathematics teacher at an international school in Asia and has be an avid user of YummyMath. Formerly she was a chemical engineer and share...

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12.11.2023

What is a quantum dot? – Yummy Math

What is a quantum dot? - Students learn about nanotechnology and why it works by looking closely at surface area and its comparison to volume. Hopefully they will begin to unders...

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08.11.2023

Veterans Day, 2023 – Yummy Math

Veterans Day, 2023 - Population and Density maps of where Veterans live. What can you observe? What do you wonder? How do they compare?Read more →

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05.11.2023

2023 World Cup Cricket – Yummy Math

2023 World Cup Cricket - In this activity students learn about the game; calculate the number of matches that must be played; and try to reason how to count the matches in a more ...

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01.11.2023

DST time ends November 5th – strange happenings – Yummy Math

DST time ends November 5<sup>th</sup> – strange happenings - In this activity students try to figure out how time settings will change as they move from place to place and what variables are involved in the daylight...

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29.10.2023

Yummy Pumpkin Pie – Yummy Math

Yummy Pumpkin Pie - 23 people are coming to my house for pumpkin pie and a hike. How many pies should I make? How much of each ingredient will I need? What quantities should...

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25.10.2023

14 ideas for Halloween – Yummy Math

14 ideas for Halloween - We have 14 great activities to use in your class as we near Halloween. Candy sales; Participation in activities; Creating a sheet ghost costume; Bats; Fi...

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22.10.2023

How many Americans (and their pets) participate in Halloween? – Yummy Math

How many Americans (and their pets) participate in Halloween? - Surveys show that more and more people are involved in and spending on Halloween activities. If the percent of Americans participating continues at this p...

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18.10.2023

Vampire bats + Mosquito eating bats – Yummy Math

Vampire bats + Mosquito eating bats - Two activities. Vampire bats = We've given lots of interesting metric and customary unit facts and asked students to relate those sizes to more familiar o...

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16.10.2023

YummyMath will Continue! – Yummy Math

YummyMath will Continue! - YummyMath will continue with a new owner after January 1, 2024.Read more →

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16.10.2023

Heating with wood – What’s a cord? – Yummy Math

Heating with wood – What’s a cord? - Students get a visual and geometric understanding of the measurements and shapes of a cord of wood while using the relative size of a ruler in various ima...

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13.10.2023

Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day – Yummy Math

Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day - Two activities - Students calculate how large Columbus must have thought the circumference of the Earth was if he reached the East India when he landed in...

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13.10.2023

More Population Pyramids – Yummy Math

More Population Pyramids - The population pyramid above shows the distribution of the World by ages and sex for each continent. How can that information help you put your vision of ...

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13.10.2023

Will this be an El Niño winter? – Yummy Math

Will this be an El Niño winter? - Students study charts that show variations from normal sea surface temperatures during El Niño years. They get the chance to more fully understand these e...

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13.10.2023

Nobel Prizes – Yummy Math

Nobel Prizes - The Nobel Prizes have just been awarded. Alfred Nobel was a chemist, engineer, inventor, and businessman. He left most of his fortune to endow 5 prizes ...

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13.10.2023

Lego Fireman + – Yummy Math

Lego Fireman + - Students use our lego measurements to underestimate and over estimate this giant firefighter's construction time and LEGO block quantity. Then students a...

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13.10.2023

Huge Alaskan Vegetables – Yummy Math

Huge Alaskan Vegetables - The growing season in Alaska is short, but, farmers are able to grow 75 pound cabbages, 100 pound kales, and 1,000 pound pumpkins. How do they do that? ...

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20.09.2023

U. S. Open Tennis Tournament prizes have been awarded – Yummy Math

U. S. Open Tennis Tournament prizes have been awarded - Students ponder the amounts for various wins, they will work with patterns, use number sense, reasoning, and have the opportunity to model real-life situa...

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17.09.2023

Autumnal Equinox 2023 – Yummy Math

Autumnal Equinox 2023 - Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 06:50 UTC (2:50 am EST), will be the Autumnal Equinox. It is the time of year when an imaginary plane would pass through ...

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13.09.2023

The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale – Yummy Math

The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale - Friday evening, September 8th, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco southwest of Marrakech. What does a 6.8 magnitude earthquake mean? How po...

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10.09.2023

Little Amal walks across the United States – Yummy Math

Little Amal walks across the United States - Little Amal's plight as a 10-year old Syrian refuge is a powerful story to see and speak about as students calculate this giant puppet's components and tr...

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07.09.2023

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office? – Yummy Math

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office? - Do you think that Barbie can out-earn Avatar? Students study the numbers, recognize the need for an inflation adjustment, get to share their observations...

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04.09.2023

Justin Verlander’s lunch bill – Yummy Math

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. Evidently t...

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30.08.2023

Hurricanes again … – Yummy Math

Hurricanes again … - Updated In this updated hurricane activity, we've ask students to examine the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and consider what other elements besides...

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29.08.2023

PayPal payment button should be working now. – Yummy Math

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27.08.2023

Jock tax 2023 – Yummy Math

Jock tax 2023 - In this activity students consider the remarkable differences in state taxes that high paid pro athletes have to pay. Students determine how much more mon...

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23.08.2023

Monarch’s are flying south again – Yummy Math

Monarch’s are flying south again - In mid-August and early September, the Monarch butterflies begin their annual migration south to more moderate climates to hibernate and overwinter. In t...

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Last puzzle of the year – Yummy Math

A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year’s eve ball – Yummy Math

Is 2024 a special number? – Yummy Math

Thank you and goodbye – Yummy Math

Before the Holidays (16 activities) – Yummy Math

Winter Solstice 2023 + 6 more winter activities – Yummy Math

Holiday Movies – Yummy Math

Will I pay less if I buy more? – Yummy Math

Starbucks sales and nutrition – Yummy Math

Hanukkah is almost here! – 3 activities – Yummy Math

What does my wreath symbolize? – Yummy Math

Thanksgiving, football, shopping and giving – Yummy Math

Consumer Spending 2023 – Yummy Math

Greetings from our future owner, Soo Yeon – Yummy Math

What is a quantum dot? – Yummy Math

Veterans Day, 2023 – Yummy Math

2023 World Cup Cricket – Yummy Math

DST time ends November 5th – strange happenings – Yummy Math

Yummy Pumpkin Pie – Yummy Math

14 ideas for Halloween – Yummy Math

How many Americans (and their pets) participate in Halloween? – Yummy Math

Vampire bats + Mosquito eating bats – Yummy Math

YummyMath will Continue! – Yummy Math

Heating with wood – What’s a cord? – Yummy Math

Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day – Yummy Math

More Population Pyramids – Yummy Math

Will this be an El Niño winter? – Yummy Math

Nobel Prizes – Yummy Math

Lego Fireman + – Yummy Math

Huge Alaskan Vegetables – Yummy Math

U. S. Open Tennis Tournament prizes have been awarded – Yummy Math

Autumnal Equinox 2023 – Yummy Math

The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale – Yummy Math

Little Amal walks across the United States – Yummy Math

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office? – Yummy Math

Justin Verlander’s lunch bill – Yummy Math

Hurricanes again … – Yummy Math

PayPal payment button should be working now. – Yummy Math

Jock tax 2023 – Yummy Math

Monarch’s are flying south again – Yummy Math

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