What Is 1,000,000?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

construction paper
scissors
scotch tape
rice

10 pennies
deck of playing cards
ruler
balance or postage scale

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

one Use construction paper to build a box1 inch on each side.

two Fill the box with rice-level to the top.

four Count the number of grains of rice in the box.

four How many cubic inches would a box have to be to hold 1,000,000 grains of rice?

five Place 10 pennies on the balance scale.

six Record the weight.

seven How much would 1,000,000 pennies weigh?

eight Remove 2 cards from a deck of playing cards.

nine Use a ruler to measure the thickness of the stack.

ten How thick is the stack of 50 cards?

eleven How high would a stack of 1,000,000 cards be? In inches? In feet? In meters?

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