Mayflower+Math

= = NETS addressed with this activity: NETS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Mayflower Math
This part of the unit was used the three days preceding Thanksgiving. It takes approximately two to three - 45 minute class sessions to complete.

Facts to share with the students:
 * The Mayflower was 90 feet long (about 30 meters) and 180 tons.
 * There were 102 passengers on board. Two died during the voyage and two were born. 1/3 of all the passengers were children - 21 boys and 11 girls.
 * The Mayflower left Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620
 * They first landed at Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 21, 1620. They went on to Plymouth, Massachusetts and landed on December 11, 1620.
 * They originally intended to go to Virginia to join a colony on the Chesapeake Bay.
 * The Mayflower’s crew set sail back to England on April 5, 1621.

Create a link to or print the following problems for students.
Tools: measuring tape, rope, masking tape, online calendar, online map, paper, and pencil.
 * Mayflower Math Mania **

Using a tape measure and a rope, measure and lay down 90 feet of rope. Mark 90 feet with a piece of masking tape. Line up on the rope. How many students would it take to line up from one end of the Mayflower to the other? Record your answer.

Is our classroom larger or smaller than the Mayflower? By how much? Record your answer and show your work.

What place or thing in our school is about the same length as the Mayflower?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Use an online calendar to help answer these questions: How many days were the passengers on the ship? How many weeks is that? How many minutes? Record your answer and show your work.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">How many days have we been in school this year (including days off and weekends)? Is that greater than or less than the number of days the Pilgrims spent on the Mayflower?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">How many days did the Mayflower stay anchored in Plymouth, Massachusetts? How many weeks is that?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Use an online map to help you answer these questions. What is the distance from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts? What city is about the same distance away from your home? How many miles off course were the Pilgrims when they landed in Provincetown instead of Jamestown, Virginia? What place is about the same distance away from your home?