Valentine’s Day Facts

Math, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways…

What’s your favorite number? Why do you love math? What is the most fun kind of math to do? There are so many things to love about math and we always wanna express that to all of you. 

Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone we wanted to share a few Valentine’s Day facts, that deal with numbers, that we found interesting, and think that you will to: 

• On Valentine’s Day every year, there are at least 36 million heart shape boxes of chocolates sold 
• There are approximately 50 million roses given on Valentine’s Day around the worl
• At least 9 million people buy their pets a gift on Valentine’s Day 
• There are approximately 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards exchanged every year in the U.S. alone