Snow Problem
While we were shoveling, Himself wondered how much snow he had shoveled. Those are the kinds of things a mathlete thinks about. He decided to give his students an extra credit problem based on the following data. Can you solve the problems? Don't forget to show your work.
Data:
Driveway rectangle 95 ft x 17 ft
Avg snow depth - Storm 1/27/2015 24 in.
Avg snow depth - Storm 2/2/2015 15 in
1 shovel of snow 1 bucket
bucket cylinder: 35 cm in length and 30 cm in diameter
mass of bucket 1.9 lbs
mass of bucket + snow 10.1 lbs
time shoveling snow - Storm 1 4.5 hrs
time shoveling snow - Storm 2 4.0 hrs
Calories burned shoveling by
Driveway rectangle 95 ft x 17 ft
Avg snow depth - Storm 1/27/2015 24 in.
Avg snow depth - Storm 2/2/2015 15 in
1 shovel of snow 1 bucket
bucket cylinder: 35 cm in length and 30 cm in diameter
mass of bucket 1.9 lbs
mass of bucket + snow 10.1 lbs
time shoveling snow - Storm 1 4.5 hrs
time shoveling snow - Storm 2 4.0 hrs
Calories burned shoveling by
hand 549 Cal/hr
What is the total volume of snow on the driveway for the two storms, (in cm3)?
What is the total volume of snow on the driveway for the two storms, (in cm3)?
What is the volume of 1 bucket of
snow, (in cm3)?
What is the total
number of shovels of snow for the two storms?
What is the mass, in
grams, of snow in 1 bucket?
What is the average
density of the snow, (in g/cm3)?
What is the total mass
of snow shoveled in the two storms, (in metric tonnes)?
How many Calories did I
burn while shoveling for the two storms?
When I was in high school I would have been so excited to work through this problem. Today, surfing the web is much more attractive than exercising my brain.
ReplyDelete:-D My answer: I was an English major. You do the math
DeleteOMG! My head hurts just reading the questions! :(
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