These Stat Rat math activities will assist educators in using USA TODAY as a "real world" text that helps students put numbers to work in their daily lives. These activities are designed to enhance middle and high-school level math curriculum and correlate with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards For School Mathematics.

 

 

As our society becomes increasingly technological, the need for mathematical literacy becomes more critical. Recognizing this, USA TODAY challenges students to explore, investigate, conjecture, reason and apply a variety of mathematical concepts to everyday life. These unique resources assist instructors in creating a productive and stimulating learning environment.

 

 

Student Activity Archive

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Teacher Activity Archive

Siezed before flights
Algebra – Rate of change, predicting
grades 6-8

 

 

Religious book sales climb
Algebra – Rate of change, estimation/prediction
grades 6-8

 

 

Sky-high fuel
Algebra – Mean ofa set of data
grades 6-8

 

 

Dangerous fun
Algebra – Find and interpret rate
of change from data.
grades 3-5

 

 

Meatiest states
Algebra – Percent, rounding, unit conversion,circle graph, estimating and
predicting.
grades 6-8

 

 

Drug sales soar- Rate of Change  Algebra – Rate of change, y-intercept,
estimation/prediction, scatter plot,
equations of lines (y=mx+b), independent and dependent variables
grades 6-8

 

 

Drug sales soar – Scientific Notation
Algebra – Rate of change, estimation,
scatter plot, scientific notation
grades 6-8

 

U.S. beach attendance
Data Analysis/ Probability
Percent increase/decrease, mean value,change
grades 6-8

 

Mother Nature’s bill
Data Analysis -Measures of
Central Tendency
grades 6-8

 

Price of sickness rising
Algebra- Rate of change, scatter plot, equations of lines
(y=m(x-x1)+y1), independent and dependent variables, estimation/prediction
grades 6-8

 

Cellphones in use per household
Probability – Estimating the probability of an event given the results of a survey.
grades 6-8

 

Live, from New York
Data Analysis -Measures of Central Tendency
grades 6-8

 

 

Leaving D.C.
Algebra – Rates of Change
grades 6-8

 

 

More students taking online courses
Algebra -Rates of Change, Linear Equations, Estimations
grades 6-8