Name _______________________________________

How Long Would it Take? (1,000 sheet)

After working together as a class to see how long it would take to tap your desk 1,000,000 times, work with a group to test something else up to 1,000 times. 1. Working with your group, choose something to take a sample of. Make it something you can do for 10 seconds straight. ___________________________________________________ Give your activity a shortened name here. __________ Predict how long it will take you to do this. ___________________________ 2. Using a stopwatch, carry out your trial for 10 seconds. Record your number below. 10 seconds = a__________ __________ Calculator Allowed! 3. Now multiply to find out how many times you could __________ in 1 minute. Think: There are six 10 second intervals in one minute. 1 minute = a x 6 a x 6 = b_____________ __________ per minute 4. Now divide 1,000 (where you want to get to) by b (number of __________ in 1 minute), whatever that is for you. Write the whole number. 1,000 b = ________________minutes for 1,000 ________

Name _______________________________________ We are going to get more exact than that!! Heres where it gets sticky!! 5. Take b again and multiply it by the whole number part (number of whole minutes) of the answer you got for number 4 above.

b x number of whole minutes = c____________________ __________ you can do in _____ minutes. 6. Now figure out how many more ________ we need. Subtract 1,000 c 1,000 c = d__________ ________ you still need. 7. Divide d (number still needed) by a (number of ________ per 10 seconds). d a = e_________ number of 10 second intervals to get d________ 8. Figure out how many seconds that is by multiplying e x 10 e x 10 = f_________ seconds

9. List your total number of minutes and seconds it would take you to get to 1,000 ________! Use # 5 and # 8 to find your answers.

It would take _____________ minutes, and _____________ seconds to get to 1,000 ________!!