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The Price is Right

I took Morgan furniture shopping at Homesense one day. To keep her entertained, we played the game, "The Price Is Right." I estimated that the chair cost $600, while Morgan guessed it was $800. When she looked at the price tag, she exclaimed, "I am closer, so I win!

The Price is Right

Conversation Starters

  • What number is after 999?

  • How many cents makes a dollar?

  • Should we round up or down to the nearest dollar?

The Price is Right

Connection to Learning 

  1. To be able to round to the nearest dollar.

  2. To understand how to make a reasonable estimation.

  3. To recognize that numbers in the thousands have four place values.

Building Vocabulary

  • Estimate

  • Thousands

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