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he will need 55,555,556 Sheets of paper.

54lines divided by 3 line for each person = 18 people per page

1,000,000,000 divided by 18 = 55,555,556

So far anyways.

2. A) if the average person gets 30 pounds of presents, how many tons of presents will be on a sleigh?

B) If one reindeer can pull 10 tons, how many reindeer would santa need?

C) if the average person gets 2 cubic feet of presents, how many classrooms would be filled with presents?

3. santa works from midnight until 6.00 AM. How much time does santa have to visit each house? how many houses must he visit each second? Allow for 4 people per household and 24 time zones.

4. if each household upholds its part of the venerable tradition and leaves 2 cookies (1/2 ounce each) and a glass of milk (6 ounces), and santa consumes it all-how many tons of cookies would he eat? how many gallons of milk would he drink? a gallon of milk weighs about 8 pounds. how much would the milk weigh? a full size milk truck hauls about 6000 gallons of milk. how many trucks would be needed to haul all the milk the santa would drink(1 trip each)?

there... :evil:

he will need 55,555,556 Sheets of paper.

54lines divided by 3 line for each person = 18 people per page

1,000,000,000 divided by 18 = 55,555,556

So far anyways.

thanks Capt i got this far. but letter C makes my head hurt!!!

ok the answer to part a is 56,000,000 pages rounded or 55,555,557(exact).

how i got it was:

there are 1,000,000,000 people

each name takes 3 lines on the list so;

1,000,000,000x3=3,000,000,0000

and 54 names can fit on the list so;

3,000,000,000/(divided)54=55,555,557

damn you capt!!!!!

For the first question B.)

55,555,556 sheets divided by 5000 =11111 * 49.766 = 552,950 lbs or 276,475 Tons

This is probably so wrong I haven't done math in a long time, but we'll see what Supra comes up with.

ok the answer to part a is 56,000,000 pages rounded or 55,555,557(exact).

how i got it was:

there are 1,000,000,000 people

each name takes 3 lines on the list so;

1,000,000,000x3=3,000,000,0000

and 54 names can fit on the list so;

3,000,000,000/(divided)54=55,555,557

good job..how about part b and c? b i can kind of figure out but C..oh my god*runs away crying*

I'm not good with cubic feet <_<

For the first question B.)

55,555,556 sheets divided by 5000 =11111 * 49.766 = 552,950 lbs or 276,475 Tons

This is probably so wrong I haven't done math in a long time, but we'll see what Supra comes up with.

lol, i'm lucky i have both of you so i can compare and see who's answer is the bset. but your reasoning seems righ

I'm not good with cubic feet <_<

actually i figured that i need to find the area of the room which would be 30x30x8.23 that would be 7407 cubic feet. but then i'm stuck

i got the same answer for lbs as capt did but my tons are different

30x30x8.23 =7407 cubic feet for a single classroom

55,555,556 sheets divided by 7407 cubic feet per classroom = 7500 classrooms, maybe

i got 27.64 tons

i got the same answer for lbs as capt did but my tons are different

i converted the pounds into kilos (multiply by.454, and then there is 1000 kilos in a ton so i timezed it..lemme check the answer now..)

I think it's 276 tons. 1 ton equals 2000lbs, My brain hurts.

6.67 classrooms?

i got 251,0393 tons...............

1 ton equals 2000lbs

yea i know that so wouldn't

55295/2000 be 27.65?

i got 27.64 tons

how's you get that?

it's 552,950lbs not 55,295lbs