Grade 5 Math Book · Money & Measurement
If You Made a Million
by David M. Schwartz
Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician shows how money adds up, from pennies to a million dollars. Along the way, readers learn about checks, banks, interest and loans.
Why it's useful
A fun way to explore place value, decimals and money.
- Money and place value. Pennies, dimes and dollars connect to tenths and hundredths.
- Interest. Kids see how money can grow in a bank.
- Big numbers. What a million dollars looks like in different forms.
Try it in class or at home
- Make it in coins. How many ways can you make $1? $10?
- Interest growth. Work out how $100 grows at 5% a year for 5 years.
- Budget a million. Plan how to spend a million dollars, and add it up.