How much is a million?

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Title:

How much is a million?

Author:

Lancit Media Productions.

Great Plains National Instructional Television Library.

WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)

Great Plains National (Firm)

Series:

Reading rainbow ;

Series Number:

120.

Summary:

A mathematical magician helps readers conceptualize a million, a billion, and a trillion. Other segments include: Really big numbers: LeVar explores ways of counting large numbers as he talks to people who share grouping and estimating techniques ; How crayons are made: a visit to the Crayola Crayon Factory shows how crayons are made and talk about the large number of crayons they handle in their jobs ; Football estimation: a visit to Giants Stadium shows how vendors and stadium employees use estimation to prepare for game day.

General Note:

Based on the book: How much is a million? / text by David M. Schwartz ; illustrations by Steven Kellogg : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books ; William Morrow & Company, c1985.

DVD release of the 1996 production.

Includes short reviews by children of the following books: One hundred hungry ants by Elinor J. Pinczes ; Only one by Marc Harshman ; How many stars in the sky? by Lenny Hort.

Contents:

How much is a million? -- Really big numbers -- How crayons are made -- Football estimation -- Book reviews.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject Term:

Million (The number) -- Juvenile films.

Billion (The number) -- Juvenile films.

Trillion (The number) -- Juvenile films.

Number concept -- Juvenile films.

Estimation theory -- Juvenile films.

Crayons -- Juvenile films.

Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile films.