Estimation Paper
September 29, 2013
Estimation Paper In our group we have me, Kelip and J.R., and individually we both played our separate parts. Even though we did not have a perfect time to really meet up because of unscheduled events, I still think we managed to work as a team. To start off, the question that we chose to find an estimation answer on was “How many softballs can fit in our lecture room?” The first couple of class time was spent on J.R. and Kelip measuring the walls and indents of the classroom, while sending me the measurements. So our first thought is that we needed to find out the volume of the classroom with the indents and the volume of a 12 inch softball. Within the measurements of the walls and the indents we immediately wanted to subtract the indents within the walls because it was easier and we did not have much math to do. A factor that could be involved is that there are different sizes of softballs so it would be a variety of different volumes because of the size. Another factor would have been the wrong measurements of the actual classroom because of how the tape measure could have been moved a little bit or read wrong. Thirdly, a factor is the wrong calculations on the calculators or if others have rounded their answers. Finally, the last factor I could have thought was that we could have double checked to make sure we still would have the same answers without the indents. A list of that would have been useful to gather is that if you are trying to find out how much would fit into a classroom, then you should be aware that it would be a rectangular prism that you would end up finding the volume of. Another useful tip is that you would use the volume of a sphere for the softball, which would end up being V=4/3*(pi)*r^3. When we first started this project, we knew there were going to be assumptions of that each separate wall would be the exact same size. We had an assumption that the door and windows would not be included into the indents.
Estimation Paper In our group we have me, Kelip and J.R., and individually we both played our separate parts. Even though we did not have a perfect time to really meet up because of unscheduled events, I still think we managed to work as a team. To start off, the question that we chose to find an estimation answer on was “How many softballs can fit in our lecture room?” The first couple of class time was spent on J.R. and Kelip measuring the walls and indents of the classroom, while sending me the measurements. So our first thought is that we needed to find out the volume of the classroom with the indents and the volume of a 12 inch softball. Within the measurements of the walls and the indents we immediately wanted to subtract the indents within the walls because it was easier and we did not have much math to do. A factor that could be involved is that there are different sizes of softballs so it would be a variety of different volumes because of the size. Another factor would have been the wrong measurements of the actual classroom because of how the tape measure could have been moved a little bit or read wrong. Thirdly, a factor is the wrong calculations on the calculators or if others have rounded their answers. Finally, the last factor I could have thought was that we could have double checked to make sure we still would have the same answers without the indents. A list of that would have been useful to gather is that if you are trying to find out how much would fit into a classroom, then you should be aware that it would be a rectangular prism that you would end up finding the volume of. Another useful tip is that you would use the volume of a sphere for the softball, which would end up being V=4/3*(pi)*r^3. When we first started this project, we knew there were going to be assumptions of that each separate wall would be the exact same size. We had an assumption that the door and windows would not be included into the indents.