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!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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