Big Bieber

A Maths Starter of the Day

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber is big!

Can you imagine him getting bigger?

Imagine he was magnified (enlarged) to twice his normal height (and width and depth). Make an estimate of how heavy (in kilograms) he would be.

Photograph Lou Stejskal (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Teacher: Change the celebrity featured in this starter to suit your class: David Beckham, Beyoncé, Rafael Nadal or Spiderman


Topics: Starter | Enlargements | Estimating

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