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How Much is a Million?
How Much is a Million?
How Much is a Million?
Audiobook5 minutes

How Much is a Million?

Written by David M. Schwartz

Narrated by Bruce Johnson

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About this audiobook

With the help of Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and Steven Kellogg, the concepts of a million, a billion and a trillion are not so quite so intimidating.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWeston Woods Audio
Release dateJan 1, 1985
ISBN9780545258159
How Much is a Million?
Author

David M. Schwartz

David M. Schwartz spends much of his time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, both through his writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. He's written over 50 books.

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  • 4/5
    This is a charming book that I loved reading to my students! It always garnered a lot of "Whoa"s! Cute, colorful photographs help illustrate the vastness of numbers and math.
  • 4/5
    I liked the way this book lays out comparing large numbers for kids. Some of the information I didn't even know! It really puts large numbers in perspective for kids, which in my opinion, is the first major step in learning and grasping an understanding of large numbers. The illustrations reminded me of Magic School Bus (a book I love!). Definitely a great book to read to kids learning larger numbers, but the easiness of the words within the book can be read to all ages.
  • 3/5
    This book illustrates just how big of a number a million is using interesting illustrations with characters familiar to this series of books.This book starts out strong trying to make the abstract number of a million concrete for young learners. It loses track however when it compares the abstract concept of a million with the abstract concept of the distance to the moon and Saturn. Young learners who cannot grasp a million will gain no understanding by having it compared to other things that they have no grasp of. This would be a great book to have in the classroom and use the beginning of it to try to illustrate the concept of a million to young learners. I would not go past the first few pages though. It would also be great to have on hand for independent reading time for learners to grasp their own understanding in their own time.
  • 4/5
    Review: This book is a good example of non-fiction because it gives facts and information. It helps students understand the value of one million by providing real-life examples that help put the large number into perspective.Level: Primary, Intermediate
  • 4/5
    how much is a million is a good book for learning ho to compare things. the author took time to even include an explaination of each of his calculations in the back. this book has cute pictures of kids doing things that would add up to a million. he uses an example of gold fish needing a tank big enough to hold a whale to hold a billion gold fish. it very fun to read because it answers some questions that i knoe all kids share. the book would be great for a multiplacation lesson in 10's. maybe seeing how many years it would take for a person to count in 10's as used in the back of the book.
  • 4/5
    How Much Is a Million? is a great book for explaining big numbers. It shows how big the numbers are. For example, it showed it would take someone 23 days to count to a million and 95 years to count to a trillion, and that's without taking a break and counting pretty fast. Or, a bowl would have to be as big as a stadium to fit a trillion goldfish! And, if a trillion kids stood on each other's shoulders, they would almost reach Saturn's rings.It has awesome illustrations because it was done by one of the greatest illustrators, Steven Kellogg. The illustrations are cartoony, but really good. The reason that I cannot explain these pictures is that my mom can't accept that some things just are what they are, even when they are. These illustrations are colorful and detailific. Looking at the size of the stadium goldfish bowl in the illustration really helped my understanding of how much space a trillion goldfish would take.I recommend this book to people who want to learn about big numbers like a million, a billion, and a trillion.
  • 4/5
    This is a great example of informational text. The story itself is informational but then there are deeper explanations in the back about each "if a million..." statements. It gives a very concrete showing of how much a million would be.
  • 4/5
    Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician talks about the enormity of millions, billions, and trillions. The characters are all human, with children who represent the age of the readers. There is not much of a setting or theme, though it does address a child's natural curiosity of the unknown. The style is very simple, and the illustrations are a wonderful display of the text and ideas expressed. This is a very enjoyable and educational book, and I would include it in my collection.
  • 3/5
    This book looks at how a million, billion, and trillion would stack up in four ways: kids standing up on one another's shoulders, pages covered with stars, goldfish in a bowl and time it would take to count that high. It gives both an idea of the vastness of these numbers and how they increase exponentially.
  • 3/5
    This silly picture book is a great way to show kids just how much big numbers can actually be. At young ages, many kids can't imagine numbers bigger than 100, but to their surprise, they are quite real and hopefully them understanding that will help make their transitions into those numbers quite a bit easier. This is a great book for younger ages and maybe even the lessons th