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2019 MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, New York City Astronaut Snoopy SpongeBob and Gary Green Eggs and Ham 1. The first parade in 1924 was called the "Macy's Christmas Day Parade" although it took place on Thanksgiving Day. If the parade was cancelled 3 times during World War II, how many parades will there have been counting this year’s? 2. On what corner does the parade begin? On what corner does the parade end? How many blocks does the parade travel down? 3. How many meters is the parade route? How many kilometers is that? Why do you think this parade route was chosen? 4. There will be eleven marching bands in the parade this year. If there are 3,059 members of marching bands in the parade this year, how many members per band on average? 5. If the bands march on average 0.5 m/sec, how long will it take them to march 2,010 meters?

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2019 MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, New York City

Astronaut Snoopy SpongeBob and Gary Green Eggs and Ham

1. The first parade in 1924 was called the "Macy's Christmas Day Parade" although it took place on Thanksgiving Day. If the parade was cancelled 3 times during World War II, how many parades will there have been counting this year’s?

2. On what corner

does the parade begin? On what corner does the parade end? How many blocks does the parade travel down?

3. How many meters

is the parade route? How many kilometers is that? Why do you think this parade route was chosen?

4. There will be eleven marching bands in the parade this year. If there are 3,059 members of marching bands in the parade this year, how many members per band on average?

5. If the bands march on average 0.5 m/sec, how long will it take them to march 2,010 meters?

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6. If they step off (start out) at 9:00 a.m., what time will they finish? How many times can they play a 2-minute 30 second song completely?

7. Check out these pictures of the Pikachu Balloon and make a guess as to how big he is?

8. Use these last two pictures of the Pikachu balloon to make your best possible estimate of his size.

9. How are you thinking about the size of the balloon? Height? Width? Volume?

10. Do you have enough info to get a good estimate? What other info would be useful? What tools can use to improve your initial estimate?

11. Online at the Macy's site we found this info about the Pikachu balloon. Use this info or any other info that you have to improve your initial guess of the size of this balloon. Show your reasoning below.

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12. In 2013, to honor Warner Home Video Studio’s 75th anniversary, there was a new balloon depicting the Wizard of Oz. This balloon required 90 green-clad people to handle it. I wonder what the approximate volume of this balloon was?

At the Macy’s Day parade website, I found that this balloon was as wide as 6 taxicabs. (Taxicabs in New York City are often Ford Crown Victorias that have a width of about 1.9 meters.) The balloon appeared to be spherically shaped. About what is its volume?

This activity was brought to you by Yummymath.com and contributed in its original form by; Robert Olsen, 5th and 6th grade math at St. Anne School, Barrington IL

Sources: https://www.macys.com/social/parade/