Exploring Numbers

EXPLORING OUR WORLD OF SCIENCE
Numbers 1- 9

by Tapp Hancock
Copyrighted Library of Congress 1995

• 8 phases of the moon:
  • new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter and waning crescent8 legs on a spider
• 8 arms on an octopus
• 8 pints in a gallon
• 8 sides to an octagon
• 8 directions the wind blows: N, S, E, W, SW, SE, NE and NW
• 8 notes in an octave   
• The number 8 represents only 8 things.

What else can only be 8 in our world of science?
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PROBLEM SOLVING SHEET to go along with the story

NAME ______________________

Now 8's… 
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

• 32 notes.  How many octaves?    ______
• 24 sides.  How many octagons?  ______
• 40 arms.  How many octopuses? ______
• 48 legs.  How many spiders?     _______
• 16 phases.  How many moons? _______
• 56 pints.  How many gallons?  ________