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Activity Alert: Number Sense Workout! (Fractions)

May 10, 2023 | Cherry Hills Blog

With the end of the school year nearing, students tend to disengage from their studies. You might also find they are not receiving enough schoolwork to keep them busy as the excitement for summer builds. It s important that kids continue to practice the m..

Fibonacci Sequence: Crown jewels of mathematics

Feb 7, 2023 | Cherry Hills Blog

In many ways, the Fibonacci sequence is one of the crown jewels of mathematics. With its simplistic yet elegant internal structure, and its ability to describe the patterning of so many non-mathematical entities, the Fibonacci Sequence has taken on an almost mystical value for some people.

Math On The High Seas

Dec 7, 2022 | Cherry Hills Blog

Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever have seen the world? Great mathematical thinkers and their revolutionary discoveries have an incredible story. Explore the beginnings of logarithms through the history of navigation, adventure, and new worlds in this blog: “Math On The High Seas”

Did you know how much Math is there in Sports?

Oct 6, 2022 | Cherry Hills Blog

Sports are a great past-time, and getting the whole gang together to support your favorite team is a blast for the whole family! Sports can also be a great way to highlight math concepts to kids in a fun and relatable way. Click over to our blog to see 5 cool ways to find math in sports!

Simple Math: Your Best Poker Buddy

Apr 16, 2019 | Cherry Hills Blog

Poker is a game that many adults and some youth are familiar with. It’s an American pastime that makes some people a lot of money and others, not so much. Some poker players hate math, because they like to play based on feeling, but we’re here to prove th..

Jobs You Can Land with a Math Degree

Apr 2, 2019 | Cherry Hills Blog

When you think about math, especially math in its pure form, numbers and letters, written, abstract, sometimes it’s hard to see how it can be used practically. There’s a meme going around on Facebook this tax season that says “I’m so glad I learned how to..

March Madness Ensues!

Mar 26, 2019 | Cherry Hills Blog

Some people consider baseball America’s pastime, but if that’s the case, March Madness might come in a close second. March Madness is a 3 week college basketball extravaganza where 68 National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball teams will compete ..

Coding: A Great Way to Practice Math

Mar 4, 2019 | Cherry Hills Blog

Math and technology are no strangers to each other. Phones, computers, tablets, televisions -math is responsible for so much of what we use technologically speaking. There is, of course, debate about how much technology is helpful and how much it’s a hind..

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