Home | Scholastic MATH

Looking for a particular story?

$Magazine Issue Cover$ View Latest Issue

$Story$

SkiMo: A New Olympic Sport Ski Mountaineering is debuting at the Olympics. Write and solve two-step equations to learn about it.

$Story$

Will Spring Come Early? See how accurate different weather-predicting animals are. Use experimental probability to make predictions for each critter.

$Story$

Bye-Bye, Penny! The U.S. has stopped making new pennies. Find percents to learn why.

$Story$

All About Your Heart Analyze statistics about the heart and its role in the circulatory system.

$Story$

Insects Up Close Nicky Bay is a macro photographer that takes pictures of tiny critters. Use a formula to see how he does it.

$Story$

Stumpers: Love Is In The Air Solve mixed skill math brain teasers about Valentine's Day.

What do you think?

Submit a vote to see what other students think

An adult heart beats 60 to 95 times per minute. Laid end to end, your blood vessels would stretch more than 60,000 miles. Heart valves open and close 86,000 to 144,000 times every day. An average adult’s heart weighs about 12 ounces. The heart pumps about 2 ounces of blood every time it beats. Each heartbeat takes 0.8 seconds on average. To make room for your heart, your left lung is about 10% smaller than your right.

What does your class think?

Which heart statistic surprised you the most?

An adult heart beats 60 to 95 times per minute.

Laid end to end, your blood vessels would stretch more than 60,000 miles.

Heart valves open and close 86,000 to 144,000 times every day.

An average adult’s heart weighs about 12 ounces.

The heart pumps about 2 ounces of blood every time it beats.

Each heartbeat takes 0.8 seconds on average.

To make room for your heart, your left lung is about 10% smaller than your right.

Please enter a valid number of votes for one class to proceed.

Which heart statistic surprised you the most?

An adult heart beats 60 to 95 times per minute.