100 Ways to Use the Newspaper
-Math-

1. How many pictures of happy people can you find in the newspaper? Tell why you think the people are happy.

2. Count the number of pictures in today’s newspaper. Create a graph of the number of pictures in the newspaper for a week.

3. Look for numbers that are the same size and cut them from the newspaper. Use the numbers to create a clock face. Practice telling time using this clock.

4. Pretend you were just given $100 to purchase 10 things you find in the newspaper. Circle the 10 items and calculate the total price. Who can come the closest to spending exactly $100?

5. Pick out one page of the newspaper containing ads. Determine the amount of money needed to purchase everything in the ads on that page.

6. On the front page of your newspaper circle all the numbers you can find and give the range, mean, median and mode.

7. Read your newspaper’s birth announcements and obituaries. Determine the ratio of births to deaths. If the ratio remained constant and no one moved into or out of town for the next 10 years, what would the population be?

8. Determine the square footage of your classroom for each of the following areas: floor, walls, ceiling and windows. Using the newspaper, locate advertisements for paint, carpet, tile or draperies and determine the amount of each you would need and how much it would cost.

9. Scan the newspaper for examples of perpendicular, parallel and intersecting lines.

10. Look for a grocery ad with a soft drink advertisement. Figure out how many fluid ounces are contained in a carton or six-pack. What is the cost per ounce? Per liter?