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The Greedy Glass
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|May/June 2017
How many pennies can you add to a completely full glass of water?
Ask your friends how many pennies they think you can put into a full glass before it overflows. Do they guess 2, or 5? But you know better.
What you’ll need
A big drinking glass Water
A bunch of pennies Sheet of paper
What to do
This story is from the May/June 2017 edition of Ask Magazine for Kids.
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