Math In The News - Facebook

Facebook has tons of friends - as of July 21st that number is over 500 million! 

• Twitter has 105 million users. That is _____ fewer than Facebook. Estimate the answer, then calculate. 
• LinkedIn has 70 million users. Facebook has ____ more users than LinkedIn. 
• Together, Twitter and LinkedIn have _____ fewer users than Facebook.
• Facebook has a goal of reaching 1 billion users.  How many more do they need?

How Many Hundreds Math Challenge

If you had $1,000 in hundred dollar bills, how many bills would you have?

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Banana Math Challenge

The average American eats 26 pounds of bananas per year!  How many pounds of bananas would a family of 4 eat?

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Can You Find The Grammar Error?

Can You Find The Grammar Error in the picture below?

Responding To Literature - Writing a Book Review

You've just read a great book, and you want to tell the world about it!  How do you write a great book review that others would like to read?  Here are some pointers:

• Go to Write a Book Review with Rodman Philbrick to learn how to write a book review.
• Now that you know how, write your review!  Make sure you include:
• author of the book and a statement about the author's style
• a brief summary of the book (do not give the ending)
• use one new vocabulary word from the book in the review
• briefly describe the "best part of the book"
• explain why someone should or should not read the book