Estimating Crowds

Estimating Crowds

12th Grade

5 Qs

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Estimating Crowds

Estimating Crowds

Assessment

Quiz

Mathematics

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Barbara White

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

One rule of thumb for estimating crowds is that each person occupies 2.5 square feet. Use this rule to estimate the size of the crowd watching a concert in an area that is 150 feet long and 240 feet wide.

156 people

35,031 people

5,760 people

14,400 people

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

12 people fit comfortably in a 5 feet by 5 feet area. Use this value to estimate the size of a crowd that is 25 feet deep on both sides of the street along a 3-mile section of a parade route. (Hint: 1 mile = 5,280 ft)

264,000 people

380,160 people

158,400 people

2,534 people

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

15 people fit comfortably in a 6 feet by 6 feet area. Use this value to estimate the size of a crowd that is 30 feet deep on both sides of the street along a 2-mile section of a parade route. (Hint: 1mile= 5,280ft)

264,000 people

132,000 people

190,080 people

2,534 people

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At a recent “Dog walk” at UGA, the crowd was about ½ of a mile long, 6 feet deep on both sides of the street. If we determined that 11 people could fit comfortably in a 5 ft x 5 ft square, how many people were at the “Dog walk”?

13939

27878

6969

6970

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

If each person occupies 3.5 square feet. Use the value to determine the number of people that would fit in a room that is 700 in X 560 in.

780 People

112,000 People

775 People

32,000 People