Math in the Real World
You buy 3 notebooks for $2 each. How much do you spend?
What is $6?
This country looks like a boot kicking a ball.
What is Italy?
In Arizona, it’s illegal to let this hopping creature sleep in your bathtub.
What is a donkey?
Triangle, square, rectangle, cube
What is cube?
This force pulls objects toward Earth.
What is gravity?
A pizza has 8 slices. You eat 3. What fraction of the pizza is left?
What is 5/8?
This long, skinny South American country stretches down the west coast.
What is Chile?
In Singapore, you can’t chew this sticky treat in public.
What is gum?
Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Mount Everest
What is Mount Everest?
Plants use this process to make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
A store takes 20% off a $50 jacket. What is the sale price?
What is $40?
This country looks like a diamond or a heart, right in the middle of Europe.
What is France?
In Georgia, you can’t eat this utensil-less food with your hands in public
What is fried chicken?
Dog, cat, hamster, igneous
What is igneous?
The center of an atom is called this.
What is the nucleus?
A car travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What’s its average speed?
What is 60 miles per hour?
This country in Africa looks like a giant chicken leg
What is Madagascar?
In Switzerland, you can’t own just one of these small squeaky pets (they get lonely).
What are guinea pigs?
Africa, Asia, Europe, Texas
What is Texas?
This is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
You save $15 every week. How many weeks until you have $180?
What is 12 weeks?
This country in Southeast Asia looks like a dragon with a long tail.
What is Vietnam?
In Denmark, parents can’t name their kids anything they want—names must come from an official what?
What is a government-approved name list?
Shakespearian, metaphor, simile, hyperbole
What is Shakespearian?
This scientific law says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?