How Big is a Billion?

How Big is a Billion?

In math enrichment 4th graders are participating in the How Big is a Billion project sponsored by H&R Block on Facebook.  If one of Mrs. Terry’s enrichment students win they will win Vinton school $3,000. In this online contest you had to come up with a way to make a billion. For example, you could ask , how many people can you feed with $1,000,000,000 or how many pairs of shoes would each NBA player get to have a billion total pairs of shoes in the NBA. The enrichment students had to create posters to go along with their question. At least half of the poster had to be hand drawn or it couldn’t win the prize money. The students posters came out very, very, very, very, very, very well, in Mrs. Terry’s opinion. We all hope that one pair of students win the $3,000 grant for Vinton school!

Daniel Zhou and Jacob Bernstein