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Feb. 16 Math & Ancient History: King Tutankhamun's Tomb Is Opened | Mixed Review

February 16 of the Mystery Year is the date that King Tut's tomb was opened. Topics include surface area of a square pyramid, circumference of a circle (involving the ancient Egyptian value for pi), convert a rational number to a decimal, square root, and computing the age of a person who lived before the year 1.

Your Zip download includes printable/digital PDFs:

1-page printable Student Puzzle
1-page Answer Key with sample solutions
1-page version of puzzle with expanding form fields – use with Acrobat Reader
A complete file including the student puzzle, answer key, 4 pages of Teacher Notes including step-by-step Solutions, Extensions (including one that employs the Pythagorean Theorem to find the surface area of a square pyramid), and a variety of Professional Development support.