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If you had 1 million drops of water, would you be more likely to drink it, take a bath in it, or swim in it?

There are approximately 3 million people in the city of Chicago. How many times larger or smaller is the population of your city than the population of Chicago?

How much does rounding affect your answers when adding? When multiplying? How close is close enough?

 

Go to a website and search for large numbers. Start with:

www.jimloy.com/math/trillion.htm

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