Thank you and congratulations to North Side Elementary! They won a $50 VISA gift certificate for their own Final Four party. Here are the remaining math problems their 4th grade students submitted to our March Mathness Contest. Michigan won 19 games and West Virginia won 28 games. How many more games did West Virginia win…
Read MoreMore fun math problems from Ms. Renninger’s class. A basketball has 4 lines of height and 6 lines of width. How many lines does a basketball have total? Ohio State had 25 wins and 4 losses. How many games did they play altogether this season? If the basketball court is 2 meters by 8 meters.…
Read MoreThe teams that made it to the Sweet Sixteen are very different. Some have posted high scores in post season, some low. But they are all winners. Can you find the mean, median, and mode for points scored by the teams in the Sweet Sixteen? Team Points Team Points Florida 64 UCLA 76.5 Dayton 57.5…
Read MoreHere is a March Mathness problem for your students. In yesterday’s game Michigan State scored 93 points beating Delaware and advancing. During the 40 minutes of regulation play how many points did Michigan State score per minute? Please send your March Mathness problems to marchmath@ascendmath.com
Read MoreAlready television and social media are abuzz with college basketball statistics. March Madness is here. Here are two fun math problems to share with students: Problem 1: NBA games have 4 12-minute quarters. College games have 2 20-minute halves. Which games are longer, NBA or College, and by how much? Problem 2: College players use a…
Read MoreOn the Ascend Math blog you’ll find themed math problems to share with your class from The Winter Olympics to the Academy Awards and Mardi Gras. Now, we challenge your classes to create math problems for March Madness. Math plays into this annual event in more ways than you might think. Not just scores, but…
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