Money doesn't grow on trees—it grows on walls. Using pictures of a Guggenheim art installation consisting of one-dollar bills glued to a wall, future mathematicians consider the monetary value of the bills used in the installation. Obviously, some estimation strategies come in handy for the task.

Concepts

area, area of rectangles, estimation

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use game money to model the situation
• Team up with an art teacher for the lesson
  

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars should have experience with areas of rectangles

Pros

• Topic is interesting to young learners
  

Cons

• Users must access each image separately
  

Common Core

6.G.A.4 MP4