The Benefits of Locks of Love!

Many people benefit from Locks of Love; the children who are receiving the wigs and the people who are making the production of the wigs possible. You can be one of those people! You can make a positive difference in the life of a child who is suffering from an illness that causes hair loss. The past blogs have been examples of how math is incorporated in the Locks of Love process. Math is incorporated in almost every aspect of our lives. Can you think of other ways you use math throughout the day?

I hope that you appreciate the math skills you have learned and I hope you continue to recognize math in the world around you!

Buckets of Water!

Your water is going to get VERY dirty, VERY fast! How many buckets do you think you will need? Will there be a hose available? How much water are you going to put in each bucket?



Let's say you need one gallon of water for every two SUVs that come in. If ten SUVs come in, how many gallons of water will you need?

NCTM Standard: Measurement

NCTM Standard: Number and Operations

Car Wash Sponges!

In order to wash the cars you need sponges! Sponges come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. The corners of square sponges would work best when cleaning small, tight areas of the car (like cleaning the tires). You could also find circle, rectangular, and oval shaped sponges.


You would need to make sure you have enough sponges to wash all the cars. Make sure to buy in bulk!

If 25 cars came to your car wash, can you estimate how many sponges you might need?

NCTM Standard: Geometry
NCTM Standard: Number and Operations

Car Wash Prices!

Now that you have decided to make a poster for your car wash, you need to decide how much to charge. $5 per car is a great price! Gee, math shows up everywhere!

If you charge $5 per car and 8 cars are washed in the first hour. How much money would you make?

NCTM Standard: Numbers and Operations

Car Wash!

Another fundraising idea would be to hold a car wash with your friends! First, you need to advertise for the event. Let's say you create a poster of a car stopped at a stop sign. Geometry is used because you have to draw the shape of the car, circles for the tires, and an octagon for the stop sign.

NCTM Standard: Geometry

Selling Baked Goods!

Can you solve these money problems?

You decide to sell your cookies for 25 cents, brownies for 50 cents and cupcakes for 50 cents.

*One man comes to your table and asks for 2 cupcakes, 1 cookie and 1 brownie. How much does he owe you?

*A young girl comes to your table and buys 2 brownies and a cupcakes? How much does her total come to?

*A woman comes to your table and asks for 3 cupcakes, 3 cookies and 1 brownie. How much does this woman owe you?

NCTM Standard: Number and Operations

Baking Time!

Let's see if you can solve these baking questions:

If it takes 1 hour to make 50 cookies, how many hours would it take to make 250 cookies?

If it takes 45 minutes to make 25 brownies, how many minutes would it take to make 100 brownies? Can you convert this to hours?

NCTM Standard: Measurement (time)

NCTM Standard: Number and Operations