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Writing Large Numbers in Standard Form
In this standard form numbers worksheet, students write the large numbers in standard form. Students complete ten number problems.
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Subtracting Greater Numbers
In this subtracting greater numbers worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to six addition equations.
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Math Lesson: Just How Many is a "Million Dead"?
Students are able to convert large numbers into meaningful ratios. They are able to conceptualize 1 million. Students grapple with the concept of a million. They use this activity to convey the idea of millions by converting war death...
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How High?
Fourth graders play an estimation game to guess how sheets of paper are in a pile and then guess who high a stack of one million would be. They work in small groups to explore ideas for working out how high the stack would be.
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Hang a Million
Students hang 200 sheets of paper, each with 5000 X's, around the classroom. When completed, this gives them a concrete example of 1,000,000 which will be useful in getting a feel for the lengths of time involved in evolution.
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Estimating Large Numbers
Pupils experience large numbers by estimating the number of grass blades in a field. They work in small groups to determine numbers of blades of grass in a small area of a field and apply that to determining the total number of blades of...