Growing Like a Weed
Have you ever noticed that your hair and fingernails seem to grow when you aren't even looking? It’s true! Your body is like a little factory that never stops building. Hair on your head grows about 1 centimetre every month, and your fingernails grow a tiny bit every single day. Let's use our math skills to see just how much growing you're doing! Learn more!
Wee Ones
If you hold up 4 fingers on one hand and 1 more finger on the other, how many fingers are you counting in total? Use your counting-on skills!
Little Kids
If you make a pattern with hair clips: red, blue, red, blue... what color comes next? If we call red 'A' and blue 'B', what is the pattern code?
Big Kids
A hairdresser cuts 1/4 of a person's hair. If the hair was 20 centimetres long before the cut, how many centimetres were cut off? How long is the hair now?
The Sky's the Limit
Hair grows at a rate of 1 centimetre per month. What is an algebraic expression for the length of hair (L) after m months, starting from a length of 10 centimetres. How long will the hair be after one year (12 months)?