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Can You Count to a Googol?
By Wells, Robert V.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80751-060-5
- Publisher
- Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2000
Gr 2-4 The author illustrates how our number system builds by powers of 10 and helps develop a concept of what those numbers mean. The initial illustrations are silly: a girl balances one banana on her nose; a monkey balances 10 bananas using limbs and tail; 100 eagles pull a basket of children through the sky. A more realistic sequence illustrates millions to billions. A large wooden crate is loaded with 1,000,000 dollar bills; 10 of these crates are loaded onto a flatbed trail...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
