The MegaPenny Project

URL: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp

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This site illustrates the magnitude of large numbers by showing and describing arrangements of large quantities of U.S. pennies. It begins with16 pennies that measure one inch when stacked and one foot when placed in a row. The next visual shows a thousand pennies, and in progressive steps the site builds to a quintillion pennies. All pages have tables at the bottom listing the value of the pennies on the page, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat).

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Subject keyword(s)	Education, Estimation, Mathematics, Measurement, Money, Process skills, Visualization, Volume, Weight and mass
Grade level	Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	image, image/gif, text, text/html

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  The MegaPenny Project by kokogiak media     Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"     All the following pages have tables at the bottom, listing things such as the value of the pennies, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat). All weights and measurements are U.S. standards, not metric.     It's best to step through the project starting from the beginning, but if you'd like to just jump in, links are available below. Enter the MegaPenny Project Pages, in order: • One penny • Sixteen pennies • One Thousand pennies • Fifty Thousand pennies • One Hundred Thousand pennies • One Million pennies • Ten Million pennies • One Hundred Million pennies • One Billion pennies • Ten Billion pennies • One Hundred Billion pennies • Pennies Currently in circulation • One Trillion pennies • One Trillion (part II) • Empire State Building • Sears Tower • One Quadrillion pennies • One Quintillion pennies • Index, Table and Links • MegaMoo - a special bonus section Various Awards 02.07.2002 (again) Yediot Aharonot 04.15.2001 03.24.2001 startsiden.no 03.23.01 Guardian UK Web Watch 03.22.01 03.14.2001 03.12.2001 ©copyright 2001 kokogiak media