Super Bowl Math

At the first Super Bowl, companies paid $42,000 for a 30-second commercial. This year companies are paying around $7,000,000 for a 30-second commercial. How much more are they paying now?

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

49 minutes of the Super Bowl is just commercials. What is the total amount companies will spend on commercials this year? 30 seconds = $7,000,000

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

The entire Super Bowl lasts 3 hours and 44 minutes on average. If the halftime show is 30 minutes, and the commercials take up about 49 minutes, how much time is spent actually watching football?

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas has about 65,000 seats. If 113,060,000 people watch the Super Bowl, how many people are watching at home?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

It costs $104,552 for 2 people to sit at the 50-yard line. The cheapest price for 2 Super Bowl tickets is $10,249. What is the difference in price?

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Taylor Swift will be touring in Tokyo the Saturday before the Super Bowl. Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas. If Taylor Swift leaves Tokyo at 8:00 am on Sunday, what time will she arrive in Las Vegas? Would she make it to the 3:30 game?

Brock Purdy is one of the youngest quarterbacks to play in the Super Bowl. He turned 24 on December 27. How many days ago did he turn 24 (if today is the Super Bowl – February 11th)?

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

Patrick Mahomes has 2 Super Bowl wins and is hoping to win his third this year. Tom Brady has 7 Super Bowl wins. If Mahomes and the Chiefs win this year, and he continues to win every following year, how old will he be when he passes Tom Brady's record? (Mahomes is 28 years old)

Patrick Mahomes is the highest paid quarterback in the NFL and signed the largest contract in American professional sports history. He will be making a record $45 million dollars per year. If he makes this much money every year for 10 years, how much money will he earn?

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Brock Purdy was drafted last (262nd overall) in the 2022 season. He is on a rookie’s salary, making only $870,000 per year. Mahomes makes $45,000,000 per year. How much more money does Mahomes make?

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