Big Numbers: And Pictures That Show Just How Big They Are

By Edward Packard

Book Overview

A very lively but informative treatment of the concept of big numbers, expressed in quantities of peas. The book begins with a single pea on a plate and progresses from 1 to 10 to 100 to 1000 all the way to a quadrillion (which form a small mountain that covers the town in which the original lone pea sat on a plate). Children will love the visual playfulness of the ever-growing quantity of peas and the sidecomments they generate. The final page shares the authors' various calculations with the reader.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761315705
• ISBN13: 9780761315704
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Millbrook Pr
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 13.8" x 0.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Intelligent and fun book for kids

We are in the process of buying our second copy of this book for another grandchild, because we are impressed with the fun but intelligent way it presents for children the concepts associated with big numbers. It is a pleasure to see a book for children that presents fundamental scientific principles with fun and wonder. It's a winner.