Work with Multiples of 100

Super Bowl Fat-Fest
February 12th, 2023

It’s the Super Bowl, America’s most important football game. Millions of people watch from home with family or friends, and it turns out they aren’t just watching the game: they’re eating a ton of food. One professor did the math to figure out just how much food everyone is eating during the big game. Read on to find out – and do the math for yourself!

Big Burst of Bunnies
February 7th, 2023

Bunnies are really cute, except when they take over your whole town, like happened in South Fargo, ND a few years ago. And with how quickly bunnies multiply, the numbers really started to add up! Read on to hop to it with the bunny math.

Take a Walk with a Fish
December 6th, 2022

Bedtime Math fan Michael B. just let us know that scientists found a fish on the ocean floor that can walk! Read on to take a walk on the wild side with the math in this amazing discovery.

Messed-up Pennies
December 3rd, 2022

Pennies are always only worth 1 cent…right? Not all of them. Read on to crunch the numbers behind messed-up money and how that makes some pennies more valuable than others!

Invasion of the Lionfish
November 18th, 2022

What’s this crazy-looking creature and where do you find it? Read on to find out – and take a deep dive with the math in ocean life!

Not Quite Scraping the Sky
October 29th, 2022

Normally, skyscrapers are big buildings for which you have to reach your head really far back to see the top. But the Newby-McMahon “skyscraper” in Texas is a little different. Read on to find out why – and see how it can be really important to do the math when it comes to getting measurements right!

What It Takes to Be Superman
October 26th, 2022

They say Superman is “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” But just how fast, powerful, and high-jumping is he? Read on to put numbers to the powers of Superman!

It’s Inktober!
October 1st, 2022

Our longtime fan Ajax L. just told us that October is also Inktober, where the challenge is to draw an ink drawing every day this month. Read on to see how quickly the artwork – or inkwork! – adds up.

When Rubber Duckies Sail the Seas
September 10th, 2022

Bathtime is always more fun with a rubber duckie. But one group of rubber duckies got to explore more than the tub. Read on to do the math on the great distances these traveling toys explored!

Best Suited for Guinea Pigs
September 9th, 2022

Why does a guinea pig need a suit of armor? You never know! So read on, and suit up with the math in pet armor.

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