Problem Samples Part 1
Problem Samples Part 1
Problem Samples Part 2
Problem Samples Part 2
100
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How many protons...
Diameter = 1.68 x 10-13 mm
V = 2.5 x 10-36 mm3
100
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How many Nile Rivers...
L = 6.65 x 106 m
V = 8.4 x 1010 m3
100
1
...would you have to stack on top of each other to reach the sun?
Distance to the sun: 1.5 x 108 km
100
6
...would it take to fill the Mariana trench?
Volume of the Mariana Trench: 9.4 x 105 km3
200
2
How many blue whales...
L = 3.35 x 101 m
V = 1.8 x 102 m3
200
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How many Hadron Colliders...
Diameter = 8.6 x 103 m
V = 3.06 x 105 m3
200
2
...could you fit inside of a thimble?
Volume of a thimble: 2.0 x 103 mm3
200
7
...would be able to pass through the eye of a needle?
Width of the eye of a needle: 2.0 x 10-4 m
300
3
How many glizzards...
L = 1.52 x 10-1 m
V = 4.92 x 10-4 m3
300
8
How many MRI machines...
L = 2.4 x 103 mm
V = 1.25 x 108 mm
300
3
...would you have to line up one after another to encircle the world?
Circumference of the Earth: 4.0 x 104 km
300
8
...would you have to line up one after another to cover the length of a football field?
Length of a football field: 1.1 x 102 m
400
4
How many baseballs...
Diameter = 7.3 x 10-2 m
V = 2.1 x 10-4 m3
400
9
How many death stars...
Diameter = 1.6 x 105 m
V = 3.82 x 1017 m3
400
4
...could you fit inside of a Neutron star?
Volume of a Neutron Star: 1.4 x 104 km3
400
9
...would you be able to fit in a Stanley cup?
Volume of Stanley Cup: 1.2 x 10-3 m3
500
5
How many Great Walls of China...
L = 2.12 x 107 m
V = 3.0 x 108 m3
500
10
How many grains of sand...
L = 6.25 x 10-5 m
V = 1 x 10-12 m3
500
5
...would it take to cover the distance between Mr. Cabrera and his goals of solving a rubix cube?
My humble estimate: 3.6 x 1024 km
500
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...would you have to stack on top of one another to reach the International Space Station?
Distance to the ISS: 4.0 x 102 km