Word Problem Wednesday: Measuring And Converting Rain vs. Snow

May 2, 2018 | Cave Creek

A change in seasons and the weather is a fun opportunity to practice elementary school math skills such as measuring, converting, fractions, and more with our word problem challenge.

🎶 Rain, rain, go away, come again another day… 🎶

No wait. This is Phoenix. Rain, rain, STAY! Come and keep the heat away!

This week is bringing us a short respite from the heat. Next week, we'll be back to 100 degrees and climbing. While snow may be a foreign concept to some of us here, it is true that one inch of rain is about 13 inches of snow...according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, which is probably a reliable source. Some more fun facts? One inch of rain can also equal about two inches of sleet to nearly fifty(!) inches of very dry, powdery snow. AND, it can even be "too cold" for snow. But we live in Phoenix. We don't need to know that, so just go ahead and give this week's word problem challenge a try!

Challenge Question: After a bad rainstorm Joey checked his rain gauge and read 2 1/4 inches of rain. Joey wants to know how much snow the storm would have brought if it had been cold enough. If one inch of rain is equivalent to 13 inches of snow, how many inches of snow would be left after the storm?

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Did you know there's such a thing as thundersnow?  0_0

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Ready for the answer? If this problem is making you feel too cold to solve it, drop by the Mathnasium of Cave Creek Learning Center or call us at (602) 313-0901.

Answer: 29 1/4 inches
Solution: Since 1 inch of rain is equivalent to 13 inches of snow, 2 inches of rain equals 26 inches of snow. To find how much 1/4 inches of rain is in snow, we need to find 1/4 of 13. To find a quarter of a number, we can take half of a half. Half of 13 is 6 1/2, and half of that is 3 1/4 inches.
Altogether, 26 + 3 1/4 = 29 1/4 inches.


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