Our records show that math intervention and enhancement students working in Ascend Math are making fantastic progress this year. We offer this Valentine’s Day math fun for them and you.
1. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England.) How many years have passed since that first valentine?
2. According to the Hallmark Corporation, 132 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion. This total does not include packaged kids valentines for classroom exchanges. Packages of 25 Valentines are on sale for $5.00 each. How many could be purchased for $20?
3. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the National Confectioners Association (NCA) Americans overwhelmingly prefer chocolate over flowers on Valentine’s Day by a margin of 69 to 31%. When asked what was their most popular flavor in a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates here’s how they voted:
34% Caramel 24% Chocolate-covered nuts 13% Cream filled 13% Chocolate filled
What percentage said something other than these top choices? What do you think was the next most popular chocolate?