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  • How big is the FIFA Prize money hike?

    Well, few months ago we did a task based on the prize money hike for Champions trophy. Now, it’s the turn of FIFA! FIFA has announced about 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home a reward of $50 million. The prize money will be

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  • How to model place values and their relationship

    Place value is the most basic and important skill, without which building operations on top of it becomes meaningless. It tells us about the value of each digit in the numbers than seeing it as a separate number. Building number sense becomes easy when one understands the real meaning of the digits in the numbers

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  • Last week in Numbers

    Numbers help in understanding the magnitude and the role they play in representing various events or trends in the world. The news last week had lots to do with numbers. Why are those numbers important? How big were those numbers?  When it gives us a context to explore some place value concepts with some engaging questions, why

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