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How tall would a tower of a million pennies be? Would it be taller than your school building? Would it be taller than Mount Everest? Use descriptive words but this is just a guess - don't spend a ton of time on it.

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First, make a guess to approximate the value of the height of a penny, a school and the Mount Everest.

Penny:

Since a penny it is thick enough not to break but thin enough to fit in yout pocket, let's assume that its width it's about 1 mm.

School:

A human being's height it's usually between 1m and 2m. A small tower can have a height of 100m. If your school has a couple of floors and a typical human can perfectly fit on them, a nice guess would be to assume that the height of your school building is about 10m.

Mount Everest:

The Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in our planet, measured from the sea level. It's altitude is about 8.85 km.

Next, calculate how tall would a million pennies tower be.

Since each penny has a height of 1mm, the tower would have a height of:

1,000,000 mm. This is equal to 1,000 m or 1km.

Therefore, a tower of a million pennies would be certainly taller than your school building but not taller than the Mount Everest.

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