NUMBERS IN THE NEWS BY CHRIS CAMBRA

6th Grade student Chris Cambra in Ms. Simon- Correia's class gave me a "numbers in the news" paper when I visited his class a few weeks ago.  I was impressed by his love of numbers, and commitment to document interesting facts on a regular basis to share with his class.  So I asked him to put it on a word document and send it to me so I could share it with you on our blog- here it is, enjoy!  Nice job Chris!

1.       About 25% of the body’s bones are in the feet

2.      Dolphins can inhale/exhale in 0.3 seconds

3.      Giraffes only need 2 hours of sleep per day

4.      There are about 400 jellybeans in one pound

5.      Muscle makes up 50% of body weight

6.      Snowfall in some areas of Russia occurs 10 months out of the year

7.      There are 5.5 million vending machine items in Japan (including live lobsters!)

8.      In the English dictionary the word “set” has 424 definitions

9.      At 8’3”, Sultan Kosen (Turkey) is the tallest man alive

10.   At 6 months, a baby elephant is too big to stand under its mother

11.   Regan is the oldest president—when elected in 1980, he was 69 years old

12.   The Marshall Mathers Lp1 (Eminem) sold 1.76 million copies in one week

13.   Selena Gomez has won 5 awards for favorite TV actress on the KCAS since 2009

14.   Ariana Grande’s “The Way” hit #9 on the Billboard Top 100

15.   Grand Theft Auto 5 sold 29,000,000 copies on the Xbox 360 and PS3

16.   The human body is made up of 100 trillion cells

17.   You share your birthday with at least 9,000,000 people in the world

18.   In total, Charles Schulz wrote 17,897 Peanuts comic strips

19.   The Simpsons has aired 541 episodes to date

20.   Jiroemon Kimura (Japan) is the oldest living man, he is 116 years old and was born on April 19,1897

21.   The most number of facts in Numbers in the News is twenty facts written by Christopher Michael Cambra, February 2014

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION

What is the difference between the Billboard Top 100 and the Billboard Top 200?

Dear People,

As of February 7^th, I’ll be taking a hiatus for Numbers in the News.  I will return however, to my post during the March 3-7 school week.  CMC