St. Patrick's Day Math

$Happy St. Patrick's Day!$

Did you know that I am part Irish? So, of course this is always a special day in our house. My mother (who would make us green eggs and ham on March 17th) is ⅞ Irish. Can you figure out how much Irish blood my daughter has?

Get the answer!

Lucky Clovers & Probability

My daughter found here first four leaf clover this summer. Read the article A Very Lucky Day to find out more about four leaf clovers and probability. Don't forget to check out the current records for the most leaves and the largest collection! According to the Guinness World Records book (2002) American George J Kaminski has found over 72,000 four leaf clovers since 1995! He found all of them on the grounds of various Pennsylvania prisons.

Some fun math ideas to celebrate this special day

Fill your estimation jar with chocolate gold coins or rainbow colored Skittles!
Make a rainbow chain of math facts.
Have a leprechaun treasure hunt with math fact questions on each clue that needs to be answered.
Record, categorize and chart all the green things you see in your classroom or house.
$Clover$ Go outside and count all the vehicles that drive by. What percentage of vehicles on the road are green?
Distribute handfuls of Lucky Charms cereal to students to count, sort, chart and identify the different shapes.
Use a green pencil crayon to do all your math homework!
Have some "Dublin" fun as you double numbers rolled on dice. Get it???
Make flashcards out of shamrock shaped cut-outs.
And my favorite... get a chocolate gold coin for every correct question you answer!