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Will the new iPhone sales be huge?
Apple just announced their new, 10th anniversary, iPhones, the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X. These phones will soon be in stores, the iPhone 8 comes out on September 22, 2017. The iPhone X is available...
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Are baseball games getting longer?
March 28th was opening day for this year's Major League Baseball season. It's a good time for some Major League Baseball math! In this activity students think about how major league game lengths have...
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Opening Weekend – Avengers: Endgame
Just updated! Can you tell from its opening weekend how much the new movie, Avengers: Endgame, might earn in theaters? This activity can be used anytime and is especially timely when there is a new...
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It sure is cold out … or is it?
Students ponder the relationship between place latitudes and average January temperatures while they try to discover a correlation. Is this a linear or near linear relationship? … averaging, missing...
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How much should a World Series commercial cost?
Click on this picture to see it larger in a new window. We all know that a Super Bowl commercial costs a ton of money. What about a World Series commercial? If you were representing a company that...
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Movie tickets over time
How Much Will Movie Tickets Cost in the Future? - Updated! In this investigation, Brian looks at the changes in movie ticket prices over the last 38 years. Using his scatter plot (or his data) students...
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How Much is a Tweet Worth?
These days it seems everyone is on social media. Are you? Famous athletes and entertainers are on social media and they can make a lot of money. In this activity students study how the number of...
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Do the best movies make the most money?
Do the "Best" movies make the most money? How could you measure the "best" movie? What information would you need to make this judgement? At most ten movies are nominated each year to receive an...
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First ask students to look at the table below. What do you notice? What does it make you wonder? TeamTeam PayrollWinsSportSeason Boston Red Sox$227,398,860108MLB2018 Tampa Bay...
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