| Does all the sugar in candy corn have you
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| | going to grow exponentially over the
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| wondering whether or not it is good for
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| | entire month of October! Lucky Tommy.How
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| your kids? In some ways, it just might
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| | much does each individual piece of candy
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| be. Candy corn could possibly boost
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| | corn cost? That is a great math/life
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| thinking skills and improve grades!
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| | question. Which store offers the best
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| After letting them eat their fill, have
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| | price? Try weighing the candy corn - or
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| your kids use the candy corn for some
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| | maybe try weighing the children after
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| math lessons.On a very basic level, the
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| | they have eaten a few bags of it!An
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| orange, yellow, and white triangles can
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| | enormous jar full of candy corn provides
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| help teach colors and shapes. Mix them
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| | a great guessing/estimating game. And
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| with some M&M's for a sorting exercise
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| | the jar will be award to the person with
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| for little fingers. Have children
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| | the closest answer. There is some
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| arrange them together to make new
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| | mathematical way of making a fairly
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| shapes.Need something a little more
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| | accurate guess. Is the prize worth the
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| challenging? Try using the little
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| | trouble of revisiting some old high
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| candies for board game markers. Candy
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| | school formulas?Some geometry students
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| corn bingo is fun - with the numbers on
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| | might enjoy the Internet Math Challenge
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| the grid providing answers to equations
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| | from the University of Idaho. The
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| and the candies marking the spots. Kids
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| | problem involves pretending the piece of
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| can graph different amounts of candy
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| | candy is a perfect cone and reconfiguring
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| corn. Making spinners from cardboard
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| | its color's dimensions. Then again,
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| with the arrows shaped like candy corn
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| | maybe "enjoy" is too strong a word.Math
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| can provide another fun way of working
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| | and candy corn unite in the world of
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| with numbers.Have you ever noticed that
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| | fiction. Check out the books Who Brought
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| the little pieces - if turned on their
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| | the Candy Corn? by Judy Ann Brown and The
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| sides - look like "greater than" or "less
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| | Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly
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| than" signs? Kids may enjoy unequal
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| | Giff for some interesting reading as well
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| equations much more if they are using
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| | as exercises in logic.Talk about brain
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| candy for the answers.And what about some
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| | food! Perhaps candy corn will become the
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| story problems? Tommy has 14 pieces of
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| | poster candy for educators everywhere.
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| candy corn. If he steals his sister's 8
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| | Not likely. But, hopefully, adding a
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| pieces, how many will he have in all?
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| | little tasteful fun to a math lesson may
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| Since the story problem is quite
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| | encourage thinking and learning. It
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| versatile, candy corn is still helpful
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| | might also give the old excuse "the dog
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| when the degree of difficulty is
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| | ate my homework" a little more
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| stretched a little. Maybe the kids
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| | credence.Gaylene Davis is an ex-teacher,
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| should find the square root of the number
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| | now a work-at-home mom tending to her two
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| of pieces of candy corn that Tommy has.
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| | boys.
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| Or maybe Tommy's stash of candy corn is
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