Name of POW: "Big Numbers"
Problem
Estimate (guess), investigate (measure), then calculate (use arithmetic):
1. How long would one million dollar bills be, laid out end to end?
2. How high would a stack of one million one-cent coins be?
Strategy
Solution
Author: John Healy email: <Room423@aol.com>
Last Updated: Mon, May 4, 1998 7:44 PM PST