1. How many quarters do you need to make a stack one inch high?
2. The average distance from Earth to the moon is 238,855 miles.
a. If you stacked one million quarters, how high would they reach?
b. Would they reach the moon? If not, how many quarters would reach the moon? Explain how you got your answer.
10 points to the person with the best answer - answer quickly please!
2006-12-11 07:31:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
1. Well the thickness of a quarter is 1.75mm and one inch is equal to 25.4mm so by that calculation you would require 14. 514 quarters to equal an inch.
2. Knowing that the average distance from Earth to the Moon is 238,855 miles and we know that 1 mile is equal to 63,360 inches then the distance to the moon in inches would be 63,360 * 238,855 = 15,133,852,800 inches
a. One million quarters would be 1,000,000 * 1.75mm = 1,750,000 mm / 25.4 = 68,897 inches
b. No they would not reach the moon, because you would require as stated earlier 15,133,852,800 inches to reach the moon. That being said you would need around 1,042,707,234 quarters to reach the moon.
2006-12-11 07:44:39 · answer #1 · answered by NeverStopQuestioning 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not one to do the work for you, but I'll help walk you through it:
First, get some quarters and a ruler. I just measured and I was able to measure exactly an inch of quarters. You'll need less than twenty. Remember that if you can only get a half an inch worth, you can multiply that by 2 to get one inch in quarters. THIS IS YOUR ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION (I'll refer to it as #).
Now, note that each quarter is a fraction of an inch high. There are two methods to determining 2a. First is that you can divide one million (1,000,000) by #. The other method is to multiply 1/# by one million. Your answer will be in inches.
Note that to answer 2b you have two different units: miles and inches. You need to use the same unit in order to determine whether the quarters will reach the moon. An online conversion table told me that 1 mile = 63,360 inches. When the distance to the moon and the length of one million quarters are in the same unit you can look at the numbers to determine whether the quarters will reach. If they do not reach, you'll need to do a little bit more math. Determine how many inches it is to the moon. You already know # is the number of quarters in an inch. Multiply # by the number of inches to the moon to determine the number of quarters it would take to get there.
Your work should provide you a clear explanation of what you've done.
Yes, it would have been quicker for me to have just done the problem for you but then what do you get out of it? An answer? Learn to learn, not just to get the answer. If you follow the steps you'll get there. I'd be happy to check your answer if you post it after you solve the problem.
2006-12-11 15:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by l'il one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe 20. somewhere in the vicinity of 15-20 quarters. You see I work at a store and a roll is ten dolloars, i.e. 40 quarters and thats about 2 and 1/2 to 3 inches long. This is just an approximation though.
2006-12-11 15:36:45 · answer #3 · answered by TILAC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. 7
2. a)can be determined from 1
b) no they would not rach the moon. No number of quarters would reach the moon because after about stacking 100 quarters they would fall over.
2006-12-11 15:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Mich L 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. It takes 14 quaters stacked up to make one inch..
a. 14 in to 1,000,000 then devided by 12= 5,952.39 feet
b. no they wound not reach the moon.
14 times 12 times 5,280 times 238, 855.= 168 x 5,280=887,040x 238,855 = You wont the number you do the math, my calculator wont go that high. This part was hard enough and for 10 points for something that don't matter anyway, why should I take the time to give you this number.
2006-12-11 18:03:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
15 quarter for a 1" stack.
15/inch=180/foot=950,400/mile
1,000,000/950,400=1.05 miles
to reach the moon you need
15*12*5280*238855=227,007,792,000 quarters
2006-12-11 15:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the height of one quarter is 0.069 in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(U.S._coin)).
1. Divide 1 by .069. Answer: 14.493. So about 14 quarters.
2. a) Multiply .069 by 1,000,000. Answer: 69,000 inches, 5750 feet, 1.09 miles
b) No. 238,885 x 5,280 (number of feet in 1 mile) x 12 (number of inches in a foot) x 14 (number of quarters in an inch) = 211,900,550,400 quarters to reach the moon
2006-12-11 15:48:09 · answer #7 · answered by Josh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows. Your just going to have to guess. The first question is 5 quarters.
2006-12-11 15:35:39 · answer #8 · answered by Pet Pro 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
id help u, but im doing my math hw 2!! haha
2006-12-11 15:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by iloveeshopping1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) 15
2) a. no
b. 12,543,956
I totally guessed.......to be honest.
2006-12-11 15:35:18 · answer #10 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋