APPace

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YOUR PERSONAL PACE

Using a one hundred foot tape measure count how many steps you take to cover the distance.

100 feet takes __________ paces (steps).

Find a conversion table to calculate the following:

__________ feet = __________ centimeters

__________ feet = __________ meters

Now find your average pace in centimeters, feet, and meters.

__________ centimeters

__________ feet

__________ meters

NOTE FOR MAP WORK - Pick different locations for different groups and estimate the distance by using your pace information and check using your maps and map scales.

You may wish to copy sections of maps and enlarge the copy 200% or more to make better measurements.

After calculating your PACE what about a flight in SPACE?

There you are, that little speck just left of the A in AM on the photo.

You hear them say the OLAP Arch is 173 feet high and you may travel 60 miles per hour.

See if they are right by looking at pendulum motion and making some estimates.

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William V. Thayer, Mathematics Department
St. Louis Community College at Meramec
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