If you took all the snow in the world and piled into one pile how tall would it be in (cm)

1.  Background Story:

My fermi problem that I chose was, if you took all the snow in the world and piled it in one pile how tall  would it be, in (cm). The reason I chose the fermi problem is because I thought it was very interesting to figure out. I also have wondered about this question befor so I thought this would be a perfect time  to try to figure it out.





2.  Ask Yourself This:

1.) how much snow falls in each continent?
2.) how much snow falls in North America?
3.) How many continents don't get a lot of snow?








3.  Helpful Hints:

1.) North America- about 8,400,000 cm
      South America- about  1,200,000 cm          
       Europe and Russia- about 12,000,000 cm
       Asia- about 4,800,000 cm
       Antarctica- about 720 cm
        The North Pole- about 1440 cm
2.) North America gets 8,400,000cm
     3.) Africa and Australia are the only continents that don't get a significant amount of snow.


       I estimated the total annual snowfall for each continent by totaling the amount of snow fall for each region within each continent.










4.  Construct a Formula:


 total up the average annual snow fall of the 7 continents plus the arctic regionthen and add them together afterwards find the scientific notation for the  total.






5.  Messy Math:

8,490,000cm + 12,000,000cm + 4,800,000cm + 1,200,000cm + 720cm + 1,440cm = 34,802,160 cm

About- 35,000,000,000 cm

Scientific notation-
1.) 35000000
2.) 35
3.) 6 spaces
4.)  35 * 10 To the 6th power







6.  Answer:
If you piled up all the snow in the world it would be about 35,000,000 cm high Compared to the Empire State Building wich is only 38,100 cm high.
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