Act 1
How many real Sam Houstons would it take to be as tall as his statue?
Write down a guess.
Act 2
3. What information would be useful to figure this out?
4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.
Act 3
Sequel
5. What would happen if the statue was 100 feet tall?
6. What would happen if the real Sam Houston was 5’7″?
Standards
Common Core
3.OA.A - Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
5.MD.A.1 - Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.
TEKS
4.8(B) - convert measurements within the same measurement system, customary or metric, from a smaller unit into a larger unit or a larger unit into a smaller unit when given other equivalent measures represented in a table