Here are some fun math problems you may wish to share with your intervention and/or enrichment students this week:
According the National Retail Federation NRF’s consumer spending survey the average adult shopper plans to spend $804 this year, up nearly 5 percent over last year’s actual $767. How much of an increase will that be for every 1000 shoppers?
Last year, Dec. 14 was the busiest mailing day, with 839 million pieces of mail to be processed on that day alone (up from 583 million on a typical day). What is the percentage increase?
The U.S. Postal Service will deliver 16.6 Billion cards, letters and packages during the holiday season — a task that requires 192,000 vehicles. How many cards, letters and packages will the average vehicle carry during the holiday season?
According to the National Christmas Tree Association Americans bought 33 million real Christmas trees last year and 15 million fake trees. Five years earlier, they bought 31 million real trees and 17 million fake trees. What was the percentage increase in real Christmas trees ? What was the decrease in fake Christmas tree purchases during the same time period?
Haunukkah takes place Dec. 16-24
Christmas takes place on Dec. 25
Kwanzaa takes place Dec. 26-Jan. 1
Add up the total days of celebration. How many additional non-celebration days are left in December?