Numbers. We see them everywhere and we share them in our classrooms, but often times when we are sharing numbers with students they struggle with comprehending how those numbers equate to real life or relating them to something they might be more familiar with. Dictionary of Numbers is a Google Chrome extension that helps to try and make sense of the numbers we encounter on the web. The extension will take a number and put it into human terms. For example, "4 million people" means little, but "population of Kentucky" will help to mean more and make numbers more relevant.
The extension works in several ways. Dictionary of Numbers searches through the page for numbers it can understand and when it finds one, it will add in an inline explanation for that number in human terms. The extension also contains a search as well, so if a you are teaching a lesson and it involves numerical data that you want in human terms, Dictionary of Numbers will help.
For more information, see the video below.
h/t to Lifehacker for the find.
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