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March Madness is here!
This year we’ll kick off our fun related blog, March Mathness, with an activity created by the Ascend Math Team! Use the Ascend Math Graph Exploration to plot the distribution of team colors and mascots by referring to: Why you should always pick blue … Continue reading
Do the Labor Day Math to see that more school pays!
Share these math problems with your math class this Labor Day week. The facts below come by way of the Economic Policy Institute through Forbes. $28,659: Median annual earning of a U.S. worker at least 25-years of age with a … Continue reading
National Championship “Big Scoring” Math
March Mathness wraps up tonight. The National Championship game between Wisconsin and Duke will match two big scorers, Frank Kaminsky and Jahil Okafer. In Wisconsin’s win over Kentucky Saturday, Kaminsky made 7 out of 11 field goals. Duke Center Okafer … Continue reading
Spartan Math
The number seven seeded Michigan State Spartans beat the Louisville Cardinals 76 to 70. They now join an elite group of three number one seeds in the Final Four. This certainly would qualify them as the Cinderella Story of the … Continue reading
Happy Blogversary: Top Ten Blog Posts of the Year!
It was one year ago that we launched the Ascend Math blog. In that time, we’ve provided nearly 100 posts covering important topics like the latest research on BYOD, common core, and math intervention strategies. What’s more, we provided teachers and … Continue reading
How fast is Mo’Ne’s fastball? Do the math!
Pennsylvania’s Taney Dragons are one win away from the U.S. Little League Championship game in Williamsport. Their star pitcher is 13-year-old phenom Mo’Ne Davis who threw 43 pitches in her last outing and struck out 6 batters. Mo’Ne’s fastball has … Continue reading
Use math to catch more fish
It can take a lot of patience to catch fish. Sometimes you have to put the bait right in front of them. Figure this problem out. The fish are 21 feet deep. Your bait will sink at the rate of … Continue reading
STEM Garden Riddle
Here is a math and science problem combined: In my garden I found 2 spiders, 3 honeybees and 1 earthworm. How many legs were there in all? For help, you may want to learn more about the difference between insects and … Continue reading
Baseball diamond math
During the summer months we will be running a series of fun math problems to help students stay sharp, including those on grade level and those in need of math intervention. A baseball diamond forms a 90 foot square. It is … Continue reading
More math for Earth Day
20 million people across the U.S. were estimated to have participated in the first Earth Day. More than a billion people in 180 countries around the world now celebrate Earth Day every year. What is the percentage increase from 20 … Continue reading
