How many light are in all the schools in Vermont?

 


1.  Background Story:

For my Fermi problem I have decided to do it on, how many lights are in all the schools in Vermont? I got interested in this question because I was curious about how many lights were in Harwood but it would be too small of a number and I could just count, though it would take awhile. So Mr. Wagner told me that I should research how many light were in all the middle and high schools in Vermont.


2.  Ask Yourself This:

How many schools are in Washington county?

How many counties are in Vermont?

How many lights per class room?

How many class rooms are in a middle/high school?

3.  Helpful Hints:

Question 1 Answer; there are 21 schools in Washington county.
http://www.greatschools.org/schools/districts/Vermont/VT

Question 2 Answer; there are 14 counties in Vermont.
 http://www.greatschools.org/schools/districts/Vermont/VT

Question 3 Answer; there approximately 54 class rooms in middle/high schools

Question 3 Answer; I think that that there is about 20-36 light per class room because I counted how many lights were in 4 of the core class rooms and got a number between 20 & 36.


4.  Construct a Formula:

                   lights  *   class rooms *  schools  *  counties  =  lights
            classrooms      schools    counties     Vermont   Vermont

5.  Messy Math:

   36 Lights   *  54 CR*   21 S *  14 C =    571,536 lights
      1 CR            1 S       1 C     1 VT              1 VT


6.  Answer:
 There are approximately 571,536 lights in all the middle and high school class rooms in Vermont together.