Monday, January 17, 2005
More fun with unit conversion
Grading some papers at the end of my long weekend. Stumbled upon the following set of answers on my paper on unit conversion problems, focusing on world record breakers.
1. Robert Wadlow was the tallest man in medical history. He was 9 feet tall (approx.) and weighed 491 pounds. How tall was Robert Wadlow in inches?
ANSWER: 3
2. The world's largest pizza was cooked on Dec. 8, 1990 in South Africa. It was 123 feet in diameter and 10,000 pounds of flour were needed for the dough.
How many yards across was the pizza?
ANSWER: 1
If 1 ton=2,000 lb., how many tons of flour were used in baking the pizza?
ANSWER: 2
And it just goes on...
Grading some papers at the end of my long weekend. Stumbled upon the following set of answers on my paper on unit conversion problems, focusing on world record breakers.
1. Robert Wadlow was the tallest man in medical history. He was 9 feet tall (approx.) and weighed 491 pounds. How tall was Robert Wadlow in inches?
ANSWER: 3
2. The world's largest pizza was cooked on Dec. 8, 1990 in South Africa. It was 123 feet in diameter and 10,000 pounds of flour were needed for the dough.
How many yards across was the pizza?
ANSWER: 1
If 1 ton=2,000 lb., how many tons of flour were used in baking the pizza?
ANSWER: 2
And it just goes on...
