Smarties!

[electricland]

This is so awesome: Math class proves Smarties fun fact isn't true

A Grade 6 math class in Thunder Bay has debunked the claim that Canadians eat enough Smarties each year to circle the earth 350 times.

(I had to check the math, but it all makes sense now.)

Best quote:

To make the company's claim true, each Smartie would have to be bigger.

"Three and a half metres," says student Kaylie Rankin. "It's about the size of our chalkboard. I don't know if I'd be able to eat it."

Comments

[general-jinjur.livejournal.com]

i like that kaylie is equivocal about whether she would be able to eat a 3.5 m piece of candy. like it's possible that maybe, under the right conditions, she would eat it.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

exactly. Although she might have to save some for later, and taking it home in her knapsack might be a bit of a problem.

[general-jinjur.livejournal.com]

heck, getting it out of the sweet shop in the first place might be an issue. unless there's a loading dock.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

but she'd give it the old college Grade 6 try anyway.