{"id":223,"date":"2008-07-28T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:14:40","slug":"newsletter-8-think-of-a-big-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/newsletter-8-think-of-a-big-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #8 : Think Of A BIG Number…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[This is a back-issue of this website’s newsletter<\/a><\/em>]<\/div>\n
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Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids will be 3 years old on August 20. To celebrate, I decided to organize a simple, informal competition. It will also be an educational experience for the kids involved, of course.<\/div>\n
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I call it the Big Numbers Contest<\/a>. The goal is for kids to think of the biggest number they can, and write it in a box on the entry form. Since they can write anything at all, the winner is not going to be the one who fills the box with a bunch of tiny 9’s – instead, I’m looking forward to seeing all sorts of interesting mathematical expressions, and cracking my head to figure out how big each one is!<\/p>\n

If enough people enter, I’ll declare a winner from each grade level from 1 to 7, and send out some nicely-printed certificates. (I decided that offering a cash prize would hurt, rather than help.) Then, I’ll re-write the contest page into a game page, suggesting how a teacher could organize a class-wide “big numbers contest” as an interesting, open-ended, project for their creative charges.<\/p>\n

So, download the entry form, photocopy it, and get your kids onto it! Entries should be in the post by October 20, and should reach me by October 27. I hope these dates fit in well with your kids’ academic timetable!<\/p>\n

Yours,
\nMike H….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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