EXPLORING OUR WORLD OF SCIENCE
Numbers 1- 9
by Tapp Hancock
Copyrighted Library of Congress 1995
What else can only be 8 in our world of science?
PROBLEM SOLVING SHEET to go along with the story
remember your fingers will now turn into different sets of things…
*How many phases with 4 moons?
Remember 8 phases of the moon: new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter and waning crescent, so there would be ___________ phases.
*How many legs on 8 spiders?
8 legs on a spider, so there would be _____________ legs.
*How many directions with 2 blows?
8 directions the wind blows:
N, S, E, W, SW, SE, NE and NW, so there would be_________ directions.
*How many arms on 6 octopuses?
8 arms on an octopus, so there would be__________ arms.
*How many sides on 5 octagons?
8 sides on an octagon, so there would be _________ sides.
*How many notes in 3 octaves?
8 notes in an octave, so there would be _________ octaves.
*How many pints in 3 gallons?
8 pints in a gallon, so there would be __________ pints.
OKAY….now let's divide by 8's