Grade level: 4 – 5th grades
Skills: Writing big number
Related environmental issues:Reduce, reuse & recycle
Area level: Global
It was reported that about 8 million metric tons of plastic waste, such as plastic bottles and plastic bags, is found in the ocean every year. And over 1,000,000 seabirds are killed because of ocean pollution every year.
- Write 8 million in number.
- Write 1,000,000 in word.
- How many seabird are killed in 10 years by plastic waste?
Source: New York Times (February 12, 2015) & SeeTurtles.org
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Answer keys
- 8,000,000
- 1 million
- 10,000,000 (or 10 million)