Nerdy "Calculation Competition"

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I’ve got a sphere that weighs 350 grams and has a diameter of 8.5 centimeters. The following is the data that you need to give:

If I kept adding material equally onto the sphere…

At what volume, in cubic decimeters (rounded to the nearest tenth), it would weigh 1 kilogram.
At what volume, in cubic decimeters (rounded to the nearest tenth), it would weigh 100 kilograms.

The first person to answer correctly gets to put “#1 Unicyclist Community Nerd” or something else less nerdy such as “Unicyclist Community’s Smartist” or “Best Calculator” in their signature.

Yes, I have the answers.

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9

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I would try it but I don’t think I want that title :roll_eyes:

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That’s fixed. Check the original post.

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I could just put “best calculator” in my signature without having to calculate something.

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“Unicyclist Community’s Smartest”

I need a piece of paper and a pencil…

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The HP48 series is the best calculator

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I used my TI-84+ to solve that little quiz. I just made a table (Y1=kilograms per cubic decimeter*X) that went in 0.1 cubic decimeter incriments.

Now, JC, the rule of my thread is that if you make a smart remark you have to solve the quiz. Get out your fancy calculartre!

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I said best calculator, not best speller! :wink:

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You just turned math into the equivalent of a business spreadsheet. That is not a good thing.

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Fine then, “unicyclist.com’s second best calculator”

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0.9
91.9

(according to my HP-11c, and some mild bad brain work)

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Okay, I have the answer…wait, is this a homework problem?

In that case, I’m not gonna help you cheat! :smiley:

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I have a TI-83 plus and I don’t know how to work anything but the normal functions! I will probably be forced to learn eventually.

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Bad math with the brain calculator:

0.7
won’t fit in the sphere

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BAhhh WHY am I in special ed

heres my attempt
uhh umm (decimeter 10cm squared right)
90cm?

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Decimeter is a retarded unit that only people from the USA use (as far as I know). Why you would need decimeters when you have millimeters, centimeters and meters, I have no idea. In fact, I’d be quite happy if they got rid of centimeters to be honest.

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decimeters…wow thats really quite shocking.

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nobody here in the US uses decimeters, and surely not cubic decimeters. I think that part of it is a trick to confuse us

We use sensible units for volume, such as gallons and cubic yards

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You got it!