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The scoop holds 100 pearls, and the empty container on the
scale weighs one pound before the pearls are added. Roll your
cursor over the scoop to dump the pearls onto the scale and
see how much 100 pearls weigh (note that the dish weighs 1
pound).So now you know that 100 pearls weighs 1 pound. If you could only get one more piece of information in order to determine how many pearls are in the chest, what would be the best piece of information to get? What's Killing the Oysters | Culture of Freshwater Pearls How Many Pearls? | History of Pearls | Resources Teacher's Guide | Transcript | Site Map | Pearl Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |