If santa claus is to visit all the houses in the world in the 31 hours allotted to him, how many houses per second would he need to visit?
(its for a crazy quiz at work and i've not got a clue!!)
2006-12-20 21:24:13 · 17 answers · asked by chunk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I answered this one before.
roughly 700,000,000 houses in the world
31 hours = 31x 60 x 60 = 111600 secs
700 000 000 / 1116000 = 6272 houses per second.
2006-12-20 21:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just under twelve thousand houses per second.
The world's population is about 6.7 billion. I've assumed an average of one house to every five people (could be way off).
This gives 1.33 billion houses and works out to about 11,950 houses per second.
If he only visits the houses of Christians then Black_Hole_Gravity' s answer is probably closer
2006-12-20 21:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is moot, because Santa doesn't visit every house, he only visits the houses of good children who believe in his magic. Everyone else gets squat. Aside from that he doesn't have 31hrs he only has 10. The good children go to bed at 8PM on Christmas eve and get up at 6AM Christmas day. They eat their brecky and then do their chores before the get to open any presents.
2006-12-20 21:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by Feeling new @ 42 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-15 05:27:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 billion people in the world. If we assume that each household has on average 4 people in it. It would be 13,441 per second - phew! No wonder he only works one day a year!!
2006-12-20 21:37:35 · answer #5 · answered by Monkey Hobbit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suuuush! It is a secret.
Charles "That Cheeky Lad"
Happy Christmas!
2006-12-20 21:36:25 · answer #6 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be super fast for sure..
The Bigger question is he suppose to eat all od the cookies people leave him and the milk...talk about a side cramp
Justin
2006-12-20 21:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
christmas day lasts 24 hours. it begins at midnight on the 24th.
calculate how many people, divide that by half, and again by 2.3, and divide that by 24.
2006-12-20 21:42:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i guess your first step is calculating how many houses are in the world... and does this include countrys that dont celebrate christmas? lol.
2006-12-20 21:26:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read some place it was 165
2006-12-20 21:38:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋