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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
Author: Demi
Illustrator: Demi
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Copyright: 1997
ISBN: 0-590-93998-X
Number of Pages: 40
Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–10
Rani, a clever girl, outsmarts her raja after he offers her a choice of reward for doing a good deed. She requests that the raja give her one grain of rice on day 1, two grains on day 2, four grains on day 3, etc. She requests that every day for 30 days he give her double the number of grains given on the previous day. She teaches her greedy raja a lesson by using her accumulation of rice to feed her hungry village.
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| This book can be used at a variety of grade levels. Younger students can be introduced to doubling patterns, while supplying them with a visual for the doubling process. Older students can be asked to write exponential equations to represent the doubling pattern. Tables and graphs of the equations can be made to enhance the understanding of exponential functions. Representations of the number of grains given each day and the total number of grains given after so many days can be explored. Graphs, tables and equations of different exponential situations can be compared. The doubling situation can be compared to other exponential relationships, such as tripling, quadrupling, etc. Students might compare, for example, doubling the amount of rice over thirty days and tripling the amount of rice over twenty days. |
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| Looking for patterns is an essential part of mathematics. This book helps students by introducing them to non-linear patterns that can be expressed in words, graphs, equations, and tables. This story helps younger students develop number sense and introduces older students to exponential functions in a most engaging way. |
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Ohio Standards
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Patterns, Functions and Algebra StandardBenchmarks (5-7)
L. Analyze functional relationships, and explain how a change in one quantity results in a change in the other. Benchmarks (8-10)
D. Use algebraic representations, such as tables, graphs, expressions, functions and inequalities, to model and solve problem situations. Grade Level Indicators (5)
6. Describe how the quantitative change in a variable affects the value of a related variable; e.g., describe how the rate of growth varies over time, based upon data in a table or graph. Grade Level Indicators (6)
7. Identify and describe situations with constant or varying rates of change, and compare them. Grade Level Indicators (7)
10. Analyze linear and simple nonlinear relationships to explain how a change in one variable results in the change of another. Grade Level Indicators (8)
7. Use symbolic algebra (equations and inequalities), graphs and tables to represent situations and solve problems. Grade Level Indicators (9)
3. Describe problem situations (linear, quadratic and exponential) by using tabular, graphical and symbolic representations. Grade Level Indicators (10)
10. Solve real-world problems that can be modeled using linear, quadratic, exponential or square root functions. |
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