Will you play with me?

In a minute.

Ok… Ready?

It’s only been a second.

Well how long is a minute?

60 seconds

Ok… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10… 60

That’s not quite how it works. Say ‘1 pepperoni’ ‘2 pepperoni’ all the way to ’60 pepperoni’—Saying all of the numbers—and that will be a minute.

I don’t like pepperoni

Ok, then use “slices of pizza”. I know you like that.

Fine. 1 slice of pizza, 2 slices of pizza, 3 slices of pizza, 4 slices of pizza, 5 slices of pizza, 6 slices of pizza, 7 slices of pizza, 8 slices of pizza, 9 slices of pizza, 10 slices of pizza, 11 slices of pizza, 12 slices of pizza, 13 slices of pizza, 14 slices of pizza, 15 slices of pizza, 16 slices of pizza, 17 slices of pizza, 18 slices of pizza, 19 slices of pizza, 20 slices of pizza, 21 slices of pizza, 22 slices of pizza, 23 slices of pizza, 24 slices of pizza, 25 slices of pizza, 26 slices of pizza, 27 slices of pizza, 28 slices of pizza, 29 slices of pizza, 30 slices of pizza. Am I done yet?

Have you hit 60 slices of pizza yet?

31 slices of pizza, 32 slices of pizza, 33 slices of pizza, 34 slices of pizza, 35 slices of pizza, 36 slices of pizza, 37 slices of pizza, 38 slices of pizza, 39 slices of pizza, 40 slices of pizza, 41 slices of pizza, 42 slices of pizza, 43 slices of pizza, 44 slices of pizza, 45 slices of pizza, 46 slices of pizza, 47 slices of pizza, 48 slices of pizza, 49 slices of pizza, 50 slices of pizza, 51 slices of pizza, 52 slices of pizza, 53 slices of pizza, 54 slices of pizza, 55 slices of pizza, 56 slices of pizza, 57 slices of pizza, 58 slices of pizza, 59 slices of pizza, 60 slices of pizza. Ok, I’m done!

Uh-Oh, I’m sorry, buddy, but something really important just came up for work. Can you give me an hour to finish it and then we’ll play?

How many slices of pizza is that?

So if each minute is a pizza with 60 slices-

That’s a lot of slices!

Yup, very small slices.  Now an hour is 60 minutes or 60 pizzas.

The pizza man wouldn’t be able to get those through the door!

That would be tough.

So will you play with me now?

Sorry, buddy, can you give me an hour?

Maybe I’ll just wait till Mommy gets home.

She won’t be back from her trip till tomorrow.

Well, how long is that?

That’s a whole day from now.

Is that more or less pizza than an hour?

There’s 24 hours in one day. So that’s 24 deliveries of 60 pizzas.

That’s like a whole pizza factory!

Well when are we going to Grandma and Grandpa’s? They’ll play with me.

Next week.

When is that?

That’s seven days or seven pizza factories.

And our trip to the zoo?

Next month. That’s about 30 or 31 pizza factories depending on the month.

And my birthday?

That’s almost a year away. That’s 365 pizza factories.

Whoa, that’s like a pizza planet!

Yup, but guess what.

What?

I’m done. You ready to play?

In a minute.