Star Wars Day

"May the 4th be with you"

Your classroom has been visited by a giant Jedi Warrior. He has left only his hand print on the white board.

Estimate the length of his hand without measuring it.

Based on this make an estimate of the Jedi's:

 

 

 

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Answers

The answers will depend on how large the image of the hand print is on your whiteboard. Answers can be generated based on the actual length of the handprint (tip of middle finger to the opposite edge of the print):

Length of hand on your whiteboard: cm

The estimates are based on the following statistics of an average man:

Average man's hand length  cm

Average man's height cm

Average man's weight kg

Average man's shoe length cm

Number of litres of fluid drunk per day