Big tree : have you ever seen a tree big enough to drive a car through?

URL: http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/c15/challenge.htm

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In this activity, students are given the girth and height of 10 National Champion giant trees and asked to determine which of the trees is large enough for a car to drive through. The activity, from the Figure This! list of 80 math challenges, also asks students to apply what they have learned to estimate the height of a tree in their neighborhood. It suggests that the student make a table to relate information about tree girth, circumference, and diameter to help determine which giant trees are big enough for a car to drive through. The importance of measurement formulas to careers in biology, construction, and publishing is noted. The page features links to a solution hint, the solution, related math questions, and resources for learning more about trees. Copyright 2005 Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Summary

Subject keyword(s)	Circumference, Education, Length, Mathematics, Measurement, Number and operations, Problem solving, Process skills
Grade level	Middle School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Audio/Visual, Instructional Material
Resource format	image, image/gif, text, text/html
Rights	Copyright 2004 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Copyright 1999-2004 KnowNet Construction, Inc.

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