Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities (5th Edition)
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Author: Beckmann, Sybilla
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Chapter 11.4, Problem 23P
For a certain type of rice, about 50 grains till a 1-cm-by-1-cm-by1-cm cube. Refer to this type of rice in all parts of this problem.
- Describe the dimensions of a container that you could use to show your students 1 million grains of rice. Explain. Give a sense of approximately how big this container is by describing it as being about as big as a familiar object.
- Describe the dimensions of a container that you could use to show your students 1 billion grains of rice. Explain. Give a sense of approximately how big this container is by describing it as being about as big as a familiar object.
- Describe the dimensions of a container that you could use to show your students 1 trillion grains of rice. Explain. Give a sense of approximately how big this container is by describing it as being about as big as a familiar object
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