Oh, but my mathematical soul is bursting…! Today this blog hit 50,000 hits!!!
In the last 2 years, teachers, parents, students and others have clicked on this blog fifty-thousand times to explore mathematical ideas and to share what they are doing in their own classrooms.
whoa. My head is spinning. :)
As a holiday gift (to thank you for 50,000 hits to my self esteem!), I’ve put 2 seasonal problems out there for you…
The first:
There are 8 days of Hanukkah. For each of the 8 days, a candle is lit and placed in the menorah – one on the first day, 2 on the second day etc. Sounds simple, right? Well, yes and no. Understand that by the end of each day, these candles burn out and have to be replaced. AND these candles are lit by another candle, called the shamash.
So. If you had to buy enough candles for this year’s menorah, how many would you buy in all?
And another problem…
There are twelve days of Christmas. And according to the song, there were a lot of gifts given over those 12 days.
Tamara shared this awesome website with current prices for the items given over the 2 days – including shipping and handling changes – so that you too can figure out what it would cost to give 5 gold rings, 4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2 turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree… let alone financing the maids a-milkin’!
Happy Hanukkah Ho Hos!
Carole
