How Much is a Million?

LeVar explores ways of counting large numbers as he talks to people who share grouping and estimating techniques. In a visit to the Crayola Crayon Factory, workers show how crayons are made and talk about the large number of crayons they handle in their jobs. Then on to Giants Stadium where vendors and stadium employees use estimation to prepare for game day.

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How Much is a Million? Feature Book:

How Much is a Million?

Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, billion, and a trillion.

Author: David M. Schwartz
Illustrator: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: William Morrow

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Only One

Only One

At a county fair there are one million stars in one sky, five hundred seeds in one pumpkin, ten cents in one dime, eight horses on one merry-go-round, four wheels on one wagon, and so on.

Author: Marc Harshman
Illustrator: Barbara Garrison
Publisher: Penguin

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One Hundred Hungry Ants

One Hundred Hungry Ants

One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies, but stopping to change their line formation, showing different divisions of 100, causes them to lose both time and food in the end.

Author: Elinor J. Pinczes
Illustrator: Bonnie MacKain
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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How Many Stars in the Sky

How Many Stars in the Sky

One night when Mama is away, neither Daddy nor child can sleep. Together, they seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.

Author: Lenny Hort
Illustrator: James E. Ransome
Publisher: William Morrow

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