Estimating Crowds

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

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

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

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

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