Ahmedabad Crow Guesstimate

Ahmedabad's area (approx.) is 500 sq. km

It is logical for us to break Ahmedabad into different categories to analyze the Guesstimate.

Which approach is most accurate, keeping in mind the "Hints" in the question.

• Based on urbanization

  Urban/Rural

• Based on forest cover

  High/Medium/Low

• Based on locality's GSDP per capita

• Based on age group

  Kids/Youth/Middle/

  Old

What should be the next step?

Ans: We should approximate the _____________________

Hint: We are going from bigger basket to smaller basket; so if 2 options seem correct, choose the one with a more encompassing basket

• Avg number of crows per nest

• Avg number of crows per tree

• Avg number of nests per tree

• Avg number of trees per nest

All of these questions must be asked during the course of this guesstimate.

Which one should be answered first, keeping in mind the top-down approach we are following?

• Avg number of crows per region

• Avg. number of crows per nest

• Avg. number of nests per tree

• Avg. number of trees per area

Given the urbanization of Ahmedabad, which distribution is most accurate in terms of forest cover?

• Low: 30%

  Medium: 20%

  High: 50%

• Low: 20%

  Medium: 40%

  High: 40%

• Low: 60%

  Medium: 30%

  High: 10%

• Low: 60%

  Medium: 5%

  High: 35%

The final number of crows in Ahmedabad will be in order of __________?

• Thousands

• Ten-Thousands

• Lakhs

• Crores