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My Task- Julius Caesar
The Premise
So, as you can see, I'm doing a task about theater, more specifically, Julius Caesar. I'm going to see how many Caesars it would take to go around the world. b
I'm doing a task regarding the famous play, Julius Caesar. My problem is finding out how many Julius Caesars it would take to encompass the Equator.
Julius Caesar
Who was the real Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and ruler that reigned from 49 BC to 44 BC. He was assassinated on March 15th of 44 BC by his once political ally Brutus. William Shakespeare wrote a play about it in 1577.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and ruler who reigned from 49 B.C. to 44 B.C.. He was assassinated on March 15th of 44 B.C. by his once political ally, Brutus.
How tall was he?
He's believed to have been 5'7", but his height is not being factored in our calculations.
How tall was he?
The Cast
John Gielgud:
Frances Barber:
John Wilkes Booth:
The Data
Earth's Circumfrence: 24, 901 miles
First I found the heights of the actors that played Julius Caesar.
- John Gielgud, a British actor and director is 5'11"
- John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincon was 5' 8"
- Frances Barber, who was Caesar in an all female production directed by Phyllida Lloyd was 5' 4"
The Math
The Math
- Instead of selecting one height, I decided to calculate the average of all the heights.
- To calculate the average you must add all of your data, and divide them by the number of values in the list.
- 5'11" + 5'4" + 5'8" - But wait! These are not equivalent measurements!
- To get an accurate figure, we must convert to one or the other.
- There are 12 inches in one foot.
- I added the feet and turned them to inches.
- 5 + 5 + 5 = 15, I multiplied by 12, and got 180 inches.
- Then, I added the remaining inches, ending up with 203.
- I divided the total inches by three, due to the fact that there are 3 actors. Resulting in 67.67
- The next step is to convert into feet, for that, I need to divide the average number of inches by 12. I got 5.639 feet, which I will round up the nearest hundredth, resulting in 5.64 ft. I've decided to use that as my average height
- Now, on to my final calculations . . .
The Math, Part 2
Next, we have to divide the Earth's circumference (24,901 miles) by the average height of our three actors (5.64 ft).
24,901 : 5.64 = ???
The Answer
4,415.070921985816 Julius Caesars. But that's too long of a number - let's round to the nearest one!
Our final answer: it takes 4,415 Julius Caesars to encompass the Earth's circumference at the Equator.
4,415 X
What we did
During this task I . . .
- Practiced research skills
- Used multiplication, division, and addition
- Found the average of a data set
- Converted different measurements
- Rounded to the nearest hundredth
- Rounded to the nearest one
And in addition we learned a little about history, literature, and theater.