So the other day Graeden and I got on the topic of how big the Earth is. Generally he thinks in terms of feet so I asked him to guess how many feet the world is all the way around. His first guess was 100 feet. I told him that is the size of our hose in the back yard. This helped him put things into a bit better perspective for his next guess. Before I tell you what that was...what do you think? What's the circumference of the Earth in feet (at the equator)?
His next guess was 1 million feet. I really had no idea so I guessed 500,000 feet. He was closer. The Earth is 24,901.55 miles around at the equator, and there are 5,280 feet in a mile, for a total of 131,480,184 feet. Now the next time you're on Jeopardy, and you get that question, you'll have no trouble spouting out the answer.
3 comments:
Thanks for that important tidbit - and very cute story.
I'm going to tuck the factoid away because, although I don't plan on being on Jeopardy anytime soon, it is bound to be THE game-clinching answer to a very important Trivial Pursuit. I just have a feeling.
What a smart little guy. So glad to call him my own. It sounds like he takes after you and the numbers, though.
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