We were given a task in pairs to design a container that held exactly 293 pieces of popcorn for a new movie theatre opening in town. The only constraints were that the popcorn had to be as close to the top of the container as possible without spilling over. There were different shaped containers and a variety! All we had was 10 pieces of popcorn to help us estimate what 293 might look like. There was lots of discussion and problem solving and different ways that pairs came up with the sizes for their containers.
We are having a competition tomorrow to find out the winner as 4 pairs were very close!
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