The seventh grade students in Ms. Qualshie and Ms. Drasin’s math class at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark read the book, ‘How Much is a Million’ by David M. Schwartz as an intro to a new project.
The book demonstrates how big of a number one million is by relating one million to things that the students can picture. For the project, each student received a fake check for a large sum of money. The amounts ranged from $10,000 to $1,000,000.
Throughout the next week, the students will extensively research what they can buy with their amount of money and incorporate tax, tip, shipping, and any discounts they can find to each item.