Measurement
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Times Tables
100

This is the formula for the circumference of a circle

2 * pi * r

100

Konnichiwa

Japanese

100

This is the latitude of the South Pole

90° S

100

Kill two birds….

Kill two birds with one stone

(complete two things in one go)

100

7 x 8

56

200

This is the formula for the surface area of a cone

pi * r2 + pi * r * l

200

Hola

Spanish

200

This is time difference between LA (UTC-7) and New York (UTC-4)

3 hours

(LA is 3 hrs behind NYC)

200

That's one small step….

That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind

- Neil Armstrong (12:56pm AEST on July 21, 1969) as he became the first man to step on the moon

200

11 x 12

132

300

This is the volume of a pyramid that has the same height and base area of a prism that has a volume of 3 cubic centimetres.

1 cubic centimetre

(it's just a third!)

300

γεια

Greek

300

This is the number of minutes of difference that a one degree of longitude difference is approximately equal to

4

(recall 1° = 4mins OR 15° = 60mins/1hr)

300

….that broke the camel's back

The straw that broke the camel's back

(i.e., a final, minor event that causes an entire situation to collapse because of a build-up of previous small problems)

300

132

169

400

This is the conversion of 0.003 into scientific notation

3 x 10-3

(we had to move the decimal place 3 places backwards)
400

Privet

Russian

400

DAILY DOUBLE

UTC+11

(normally Sydney is UTC+10 but with daylight savings we put the clocks forwards an hour so we effectively become UTC+11)
400

….is in the details

The devil is in the details

(seemingly simple questions on the surface become tricky the more you look into them)

400
3 x ___ = 51

17

500

This is the amount of litres in 50 cubic metres

50 000

(there are 1000L in a cubic metre)

500

Marhaban

Arabic

500

This is the time (to the nearest minute) in Tokyo (36° N 140° E) when it is 4pm in Chennai (13° N, 80° E

8pm

(60° longitude difference is roughly 4 hours of time difference since 15° = 1 hr)

(NB. that Tokyo is further east and is therefore ahead! - think about how the sun rises in the east)


500

Et tu….

Et tu Brutus

(popularised in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar and signifies betrayal by a close friend or ally)

500

___  x  -7  =  56

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