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CCC Mathematics
The CCC boys planted
nearly 3 BILLION trees
Test your math skills and visualize the vastness of the CCC
legacy.
Put your heads together and try and visualize the massive
undertaking of planting seeds, watering, cultivating and transplanting
nearly 3 billion seedlings. . . Through
MATH
 Helpful hints:
There are 43,560 square feet in an acre
There are 640 acres in a square mile
There
are 5280 feet in a mile
The
circumference of the earth around the equator is 24,902 miles
# 1 - An ordinary box of toothpicks contains 250 toothpicks. How
many boxes would you need to pack up 3 billion tooth picks for
shipping?
#2 - If the tractor trailers
in your fleet are 48 feet long x 8 feet wide x 9 feet in height, how
many tractor trailers would you have to own to haul 3 billion
toothpicks if they are contained in boxes that were 2.75 inches x 2
inches x 1 inch?
#3 - If each seedling was planted in
an area that was 4 inches square, how many
seedlings would growing in an acre?
# 3b - How many square miles would
you need to plant 3,000,000,000 seedlings in the same seedling nursery?
#4 - If each seeding had grown to the height of 6 inches, how many times
would they encircle the earth?
#5 - If each seeding had grown to the height of 12 inches, how many
times would they encircle the earth?
#6 - During reforestation projects, one seedling was planted in an area
that was 6 x 6 feet square, how many seedlings would be grown in an
acre?
# 6b - How many seedlings would be grown in a square mile?
#7 - How many square miles would you need to plant 3 billion trees in
6 x 6 feet squares?
Answers and proofs:
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