Giant+Coathanger+-+Mathematical+Inquiry



We found an enormous coathanger. We compared it to Mr du's coathanger. We wondered how big the person would be who would use such an enormous coathanger. We decided we would figure it out.



First we measured both the coathangers. The giant coathanger was 41/4 times bigger than Mr du's. (We measured across). Next we measured Mr du. We got five sticks. We made four of them as long as Mr du, but one we made only a quarter of Mr du. Next we taped the sticks together.



We took our giant stick man down beside Room 2 and tried to stand it up to see if it could look through our top storey window.



It wouldn't stand up so we got some string and hung it out the window. Flynn tidied it to the top of the giant stick man and we pulled it up. It was taller than the window and its head came inside.





We measured our giant. He was 7 meters and 70 centimeters tall.