How Much is A Million? By Steven Kellogg

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:55:32 +0000

I’m having trouble with trillions, a word which is increasingly appearing in the news after the credit crunch. A billion dollars seems hard to understand! A billion seconds ago it was 1959! Watch this to begin to grasp how big these numbers are. The NZ government ( at the time of this post) is borrowing $200 million a week, that is the amount of money to build one hospital, every week.

The world economy is a heavy topic but this book isn’t heavy: It is great fun! It teaches children what a million is, and I think does in a very clever, creative way.

Here is the link for the books at the Auckland Libraries

Click on the image to buy it Fishpond.

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale By DEMI

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:19:39 +0000

” A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.” This beautifully illustrated book, gives an opportunity to learn a little Indian culture and artwork (perhaps take the time to locate India on your world map) and also a lovely way to understand to the power of 2: maths, geography, culture and literature all in one picture book.

link in the Auckland libraries catalogue

link in the NZ National Library catalogue

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How Much is A Million? By Steven Kellogg

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale By DEMI