Large Numbers Research
Millions research:
- List the top five most populated cities in the world.
- What is the combined total population of these cities?
- How many rivets in the Eiffel Tower?
- How many cubic centimeters in one cubic meter?
- List the world's top five money earners for last year from only one of these professions - singers, bands, actors or sports people.
- How many times has your heart beaten up to today? Ok, might run out of digits on your calculator so let's use an online heartbeat calculator that also works out approximately how many breaths you have taken so far on this planet.
Billions Research:
- What is the current world population?
- What is the current population of China?
- What is the current population of India?
- Find five interesting facts that involve the answers being in the billions.
- List the names of 5 billionaires in order of their estimated fortunes.
- How many years until the sun runs out of fuel?
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Ideas for General Research to inspire 'awe & wonder' in relation to REALLY LARGE numbers!
- What is the height of the largest 3 mountains on Earth?
- What is the height of Olympus Mons? What is it? Where is it?
- Where is the deepest part of Earth's oceans? How deep is it?
- What is the circumference of the Earth at the Equator?
- Earth orbits the Sun at how many miles per hour?
- How many children are born each day?
- How many people die each day?
- What is the maximum and minimum distance between Earth and a planet of your choice?
Challenge
- Estimate how long it would take to count to a million counting at one number a second 24 hours a day? Use a calculator to work out how long it would take to count to a million at one number per second.
- If you made $50,000 a year how long would it take to earn the amount that the highest paid movie star makes in a year?
- Find five facts that include really large numbers that you think will impress your teacher.
Millions research:
- List the top five most populated cities in the world.
- What is the combined total population of these cities?
- How many rivets in the Eiffel Tower?
- How many cubic centimeters in one cubic meter?
- List the world's top five money earners for last year from only one of these professions - singers, bands, actors or sports people.
- How many times has your heart beaten up to today? Ok, might run out of digits on your calculator so let's use an online heartbeat calculator that also works out approximately how many breaths you have taken so far on this planet.
Billions Research:
- What is the current world population?
- What is the current population of China?
- What is the current population of India?
- Find five interesting facts that involve the answers being in the billions.
- List the names of 5 billionaires in order of their estimated fortunes.
- How many years until the sun runs out of fuel?
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/reallybignumbers.html
Ideas for General Research to inspire 'awe & wonder' in relation to REALLY LARGE numbers!
- What is the height of the largest 3 mountains on Earth?
- What is the height of Olympus Mons? What is it? Where is it?
- Where is the deepest part of Earth's oceans? How deep is it?
- What is the circumference of the Earth at the Equator?
- Earth orbits the Sun at how many miles per hour?
- How many children are born each day?
- How many people die each day?
- What is the maximum and minimum distance between Earth and a planet of your choice?
Challenge
- Estimate how long it would take to count to a million counting at one number a second 24 hours a day? Use a calculator to work out how long it would take to count to a million at one number per second.
- If you made $50,000 a year how long would it take to earn the amount that the highest paid movie star makes in a year?
- Find five facts that include really large numbers that you think will impress your teacher.