Remembering and visualizing most shapes is pretty easy, right? An octagon can be a challenge for some (it has eight sides, while the commonly-confused hexagon has six sides). In this experiment, we try to recall and draw some everyday objects such as a quarter, a playing card, and more, at their actual size. What objects around your house can you think of to use and test yourself? Watch to see how I do estimating the size of objects.
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So, how did you do? Were you able to get the size of your dollar pretty close to its actual size? How many objects were you able to closely estimate the size of in your sketches?