The cherry blossom is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. The Japanese word “Sakura” 桜 or 櫻; さくら or サクラ translates to both the tree or its flowers. Enjoy this Coloring activity pack with little fun facts about the history of gifting Cherry Blossom trees. The trees typically hit “peak blossom” in the final days of March or early April.

Here is an excerpt from the activity booklet:

“Maria, you can estimate using a calculation. There are five petals on each flower, and each healthy tree has about 300 blossoms. So now make a calculation based on 3,500 trees.”

Eager to know more about the cherry blossoms, Maria asked her mother,
 "How many petals do you think there are?"

Her mother smiled and replied, "Maria, you can estimate using a calculation. There are five petals on each flower, and each healthy tree has about 300 blossoms. So now make a calculation based on 3,500 trees."

Maria's eyes widened as she contemplated the numbers. She loved math and found it fascinating how numbers could approximate something so beautiful.

So, taking a deep breath and grabbing her pencil and paper, Maria got to work:

1. Each tree has approximately 300 blossoms.
2. Each blossom has 5 petals.
3. There are around 3,500 cherry trees.