Daily Tips for Families

Today's Tip for Families

07-13-2025

Turn Junk Mail Into Math Practice

Here is a way to use junk mail to reinforce your child's math skills. Talk together about what junk mail is, and how to recognize it. Then, have your child collect your family's mail for a week and sort it into two stacks—one for junk mail, one for regular mail.

Have your child keep a daily count of the amount of each type of mail received, and make a chart. At the end of the week, ask your child questions like these:

What is the total amount of junk mail for the week?
If we get the same amount of junk mail every week, how much will we get in a month? In a year?
What percentage of our total mail is junk mail?
How high is the pile of junk mail after the week? How high would it be in a month? A year?

Brought to you by:

Bryan High School

[School Success Ideas for Families]