Wednesday, February 10, 2010

{Geo B} / {Geo Ess} Extra Credit

In honor of our snow day today here is a chance to not miss out on this opportunity to flex the mathematical brain:

Objective:  How many snow men worth of snow is in your yard?

Assumption:
A typical snowman is made up of 3 spheres.  The radii of the spheres are 4, 2, and 1 foot respectively.

Question 1:  How many cubic feet of snow make up a typical snowman?

Question 2:  How deep is the snow in your yard?

To answer this, take at least 4 measurements and average them.

Question 3:  What is the area of your yard?

To answer this, include how you measured the dimensions. 

Question 4:  What is the volume of the snow in your yard?

Question 5:  How many snowmen is that?

Have fun playing in the snow folks!

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