20 MATH STORIES
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17. How big is a billion? (gr. 3-8): Savannah and Tanner are waiting for their Moms to finish shopping when they see a homeless family, huddling against a cold breeze. They also see a newspaper headline advertising a billion dollar tax cut. What could they do to help? What could you do to help? [number; data management; social justice]

NUMBER
1. Something odd
2. Who's the Big Bad Wolf?
3. To infinity & beyond
4. Add it up!
5. Smart multiplication
6. Smart division

PATTERN/ALGEBRA
7. Colourful patterns
8. Making 10 - stage 1
9. Making 10 - stage 2
10. Math trains
11. Math waves
12. Scary patio patterns

MEASUREMENT/GEOMETRY
13. Big party, small party
14. Wolf gets hurt
15. Do parallel lines meet?
16. Mirror, mirror
17. How big is a billion?
18. Elephants' big ears

DATA/PROBABILITY
19. Tortoise & hare rematch
20. How left-handed are you?

 
     
 

What would you do with a billion dollars?

Savannah and Tanner meet a homeless family. What could they do to help? What could you do to help?

Content: mathematics of poverty; social justice

40 pages