In addition to being super yummy (and just terrible for you!), doughnuts are a great way to get some living math into your school day. They're also an injection of FUN into a long, wintry school month!
Elementary Math
- Do some multiplying
- Do some adding
- Work with fractions (if I eat half a doughnut, how much is left?)
- Kindergarten doughnut math
Upper elementary / middle schoolers
- Take the multiplication a step further, with bigger numbers
- Work further with fractions (if each person gets 2 1/2 doughnuts, how many do we need?)
- Work on estimating and multiplying
High Schoolers
- Introduce geometry...basic circumference of a circle
- Advanced geometry - area of a torus
- More practice for high schoolers
huh, never would have thought about using donuts to do math. :)
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