5.NBT.7 5.MD.5
Act 1
Watch the video:
How many pennies is that? How much money is that?
Estimate.
What would be an estimate that is too high? To low?
Act 2
Act 3
Share your solution and strategies. Compare your strategies and results.
How reasonable was your estimate?
What might you do differently if you were to do this again?
Sequels:
Penny Cube 1.5: The Weight of it All!
How much does this Penny Cube Weigh?
Penny Cube 2: Invasion of the Quarters!
Quarters would fit nicely in this cube as well. Which would you rather have, a cube of pennies or a cube of quarters?
Penny Cube 3: Return of the Pennies!
If this cube was one cubic foot, how much money would it hold?
3 Act Tasks 