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How many Tater Tots?

By ljd42 on March 2, 2019

Great Fermi problem that I just heard on the Ask Me Another quiz show on NPR:

Estimate how many Tater Tots were consumed in the U.S. during all of 2017.

Correct answer will be posted in this space tomorrow.

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Categories: Life, Math

About me

In 2018 I retired from Weston High School after my 21st year teaching mathematics there. This was also my 44th year as a teacher altogether. Although I’ve retired from Weston, I haven’t retired from teaching: I still teach at Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy each summer (2022 will be my 18th!), and I recently supervised a student teacher through Simmons. For 21 years I taught at the Saturday Course in Milton, MA, and I used to serve on the board of the Dorchester Historical Society.

I read, cook, and spend a lot of time building my model railroad. For some reason I’m left with less free time than would be ideal, considering that I’m supposed to be retired, but somehow I also manage to devote time to my wife, Barbara, and to our excessive number of cats.

Larry Davidson
ljd@larrydavidson.com

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How many Tater Tots?

How many Tater Tots?

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