Number Sense: Getting a Feel for "BIG" numbers

Posted on 8/2/2016 by Trey Cox
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Good number sense is fundamental for success in estimation, approximation, and problem solving. We need to develop a sense of large numbers because newspaper and television news reports contain many references to large quantities. This activity has students working with large numbers to understand their relative magnitudes.

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8.EE.A.3 8.EE.A.4 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.1
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MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4
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8 7
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