2012 MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, New York City

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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 their been counting this year’s?

2. On what corner does the parade begin? On what corner does the parade end?

3. How many blocks does the parade travel down?

4. How many meters is the parade route? How many kilometers is that?

5. What route can you construct that would be the same number of blocks?

6. Why do you think that parade route was chosen?

7. There will be eleven marching bands in the parade. If there are 869 members of marching bands in the parade, how many members per band on average?

8. If the bands march on average 0.5 m/sec, how long will it take them to march 2010 m?

9. If they step off at 8:30, what time will they finish?

10. How many times can they play a 2 minute 30 second song completely?

11. Kermit the Frog’s balloon is 78-feet long, 36-feet wide, 60-feet tall. If volume of the balloon is approximately length x width x height. What is the approximate volume of the balloon?

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