Work with Months, Weeks and Days

Is This Chicken Older Than You?
March 22nd, 2023

Big news: We have found the world-record longest-living chicken. Peanut was a scrawny chick, like the one in the photo, when she was born – in fact, she couldn’t chip out of her shell. Her owner, Marsi Darwin, almost threw out the egg until she heard it chirp! She helped break open the egg, put […]

Groovin’ with the Groundhogs
February 2nd, 2023

Groundhog Day is when groundhogs pop their heads out of their holes and try to tell the future about the weather by looking for their shadows. And with 6 more weeks of winter weather on the line, you can bet these furry friends know how to do the math! Read on to do the Groundhog Day math for yourself.

Furry Friend from Down Under
January 26th, 2023

It’s Australia Day, which is a great time to talk about all the neat animals that live down there. One of the many unique ones is the wombat. Read on to learn more about this cute critter, and scurry your way through the math in these furry friends.

Pillow Fight for Pets
January 23rd, 2023

How would you feel if you went to bed at night ready to sleep, and found someone already sleeping in your spot? Well, that’s probably how this dog felt when he found the cat in his bed. Read on to do the math on the pillow fight that followed, and see how hard this pup worked to get his bed back.

Pocket Pet
November 10th, 2022

Koalas are those cute furry animals that like to climb trees and eat leaves. But did you know koala “bears” aren’t actually bears? Read on to find out more fun facts about these furballs, and do the koala math!

Doggie Dinnertime, Week by Week
November 1st, 2022

Dogs love food, especially these two golden retriever pups. Their owner filmed them racing to dinner every few weeks. The result is a cool time lapse of the pups growing up – and lots of math!

Cookies for Your Pet Grasshopper
October 28th, 2022

Our fan Joey K. asked a great question: how fast could a grasshopper eat a cookie? Scientists aren’t sure how fast a grasshopper eats, but they do know that it can eat 16 times its own weight in 1 day! These bugs each weigh about half a gram, so the grasshopper could eat only 8 […]

Your Very Hungry Vacuum Cleaner
October 27th, 2022

How does a vacuum cleaner work? The machine has a really strong fan spinning inside. Instead of blowing air out at you, the fan pulls air — and dirt, and Lego, and little fuzzies from your sweater — up into the vacuum. A normal vacuum cleaner can lift about 5 pounds with the hose attachment, […]

How Heavy Is a Fluffy Dog?
September 29th, 2022

It feels great to get a haircut. You feel so light and cool, because your hair weighs less. So imagine how light a dog who got 35 pounds of hair cut at once felt afterwards! Read on to do the math on this close shave.

How Do Doggie Treats Taste?
September 15th, 2022

Dogs love their doggie biscuits, especially when the biscuit’s ginormous! But just how big is the world’s biggest dog treat? Read on to find out – and treat yourself to some tasty math.

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