AMDM - Fermi Estimates

Front

Fermi did what? Options: was good at making logical estimations, won the Nobel Peace Prize, was an Italian physicist, All of the above

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All of the above

Front

If a car is 13.5 feet long and there are 3 feet between each car, how many cars can be on a 1 mile section of highway?

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320

Front

A Walmart employee wants to fill a ball bin (2.1m tall, 1.5m x 1.5m opening) with balls of radius 16 cm. How many balls should fit inside the bin? _{(Hint: Packing spheres in a rectangular prism take up 190% of their volume)}

Back

145

Front

A football field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide. How many students can the principal expect to fit on the football field in an emergency? (Remember the expected floor space a standing person occupies is about 2.5 sq feet)

Back

23040

Front

A bag of rice weighs 4 pounds. One ounce of rice contains about 2000 grains of rice. About how many grains of rice are in the bag? (1 pound = 16 ounces)

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128000

Front

How much air does someone breathe in each day? It takes 5 breaths to breathe 1 liter of air. We breathe on average 10 times per minute.

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2,880 Liters

Front

How much would it cost in gas money to drive across the US?
-The US is about 3000 miles across
-Gas cost $2.00 per gallon
-The car gets 25 miles per gallon

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$240.00

Front

A bag of rice weighs 4 pounds. One ounce of rice contains about 2000 grains of rice. About how many grains of rice are in the bag? (1 pound = 16 ounces)

Back

128,000

Front

Estimate the size of a crowd at a parade that is 7 ft deep on both sides and 5280 ft long, using the 2.5 sq. ft per person rule.

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29568

Front

How many feet are in 1 mile?

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5280