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Activity # 5:

How Much Do You Think...

Grade Level: 3rd

Materials Needed: pennies, penny sleeves

Instructions: Students are to guess how much 50 pennies weigh.

They are then to obtain a roll and weigh it. They will then guess how

many pennies is equivalent to their weight. After predicting they

are to find out. Finally, have students use the roll of pennies to find

the weight of things around the classroom.

Source: Teaching Children Mathematics. December 1996. Olson, M.

and Easley, B. Reston, VA. Volume 3, Number 4

 
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