Dimensional Analysis Board Race Quiz

Dimensional Analysis Board Race Quiz

Conversions Harry Potter Food For Thought

Going to the Races

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How many seconds are in 89 centuries?

1 century = 100 years

2.8 x 10 11 sec

A person’s weight is 186 pounds. What is their weight in kilograms?

1 lb = 454 grams

84.4 kg

How deep is 20,000 leagues in Cables?

1 league = 3 nat. miles

1 cable = 1000 fathoms

1 nat. mile = 10 cables

1 fathom = 6 feet

600,000 cables

If Dr. Greiner can issue 3 days of ISAP for every 4 un-served detentions, how many school weeks will a student be out of classif they have 17 un-served detentions?

2.6 weeks

Light travels 186,000 mi/sec. How fast does light travel in ft/hr?

3.54 x 1012 ft/hr

If I have 54 Galleons, how many Knuts do I have?

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles

1 Galleon = 439 Knuts

1 Sickle = 29 Knuts

1 Knut =- 1 Knut

2.4 x 104 knuts

If $14.82 equals 17 Sickles,how many Knuts are in $15,985.96?

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles

1 Galleon = 439 Knuts

1 Sickle = 29 Knuts

1 Knut =- 1 Knut

531786.7 knuts

If I have 45.67 Knuts, how manySickles is that?

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles

1 Galleon = 439 Knuts

1 Sickle = 29 Knuts

1 Knut =- 1 Knut

1.575 sickles

To be a member of the S.P.E.W. you need to donate 78.50 Knuts. What is your donation inGalleons?

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles

1 Galleon = 439 Knuts

1 Sickle = 29 Knuts

1 Knut =- 1 Knut

.1788 Galleons

If $50.00 in human money is the same as 57 Knuts, what is the $50.00in Sickles?

1 Galleon = 17 Sickles

1 Galleon = 439 Knuts

1 Sickle = 29 Knuts

1 Knut =- 1 Knut

2.0 Sickles

If I have 4 grapes, how manypineapples is that?

20 pineapples

If I have 59 kiwi, how many applesdo I have?

51 apples

If I have 30 apples, how many pineapples do I have?

1000 pineapples

If I have 96 bananas, how many apples do I have?

290 apples

If I have 13 pineapples, how manykiwi do I have?

.43 kiwi

A car is traveling at a speed of 65 mph. What is the speed in m/sec?

29 m/s

If a car goes 22 miles on one gallon of gas, how kilometers will it travel on 1 liter of gas?

1.61 km = mi

1 gallon = 4 qts

1.06 qts = 1 L

9.4 km

The current gambling loss limit is $500.00 per day. If you gambled for 30. daysand lost the limit per day, how many pennies did you lose?

1,500,000 pennies

The current world record for the mile set by a woman is 4minutes and 12 seconds. How long will it take her in hours to run the Boston Marathon? (a marathon is 26 miles)

1.8 hours

A duck can swim at a speedof 1.4 mph. How many miles will hecover in 90. minutes?

2.1 miles

The bath tub in the residential suiteof the White House had to be enlarged for William Taft. He weighed 370 pounds. The bath tub is 4 feet wide,6 feet long, and 3 feet in height. How manygallons of water are needed to fill thebathtub up to the rim?

1 ft = 12 inches

1 gallon = 231 in3

540 gallons

A tigers fur has 1700 hairs per cm2.An otters fur has 2600 hairs per in2.Who has the most dense fur?

A tiger

If a cow produces .07 pounds of methanegas every day, how grams of methane gaswill be produced in a leap year?

10,000 grams

According to the Guinness Book of Records the heaviest baby ever born weighed 29 lbs 4 oz. (29.25 lbs). What was the baby’s mass in kilograms?

1 lb = 454 grams

13.28 kg

The height of the St. Louis Arch is 630 feet. The thickness of a dime is 1.35 mm.How much would it cost to stack the dimesas tall as the Arch?

Ignore sig figs here!

$14,224