1. Poster Criteria – chose 2
Title – write problem
Illustration labeled with measurements
Pythagorean theorem solved showing all the steps.
Estimate the square root using any method.
Use a calculator to find the actual square root
4. Final answer must be in sentence form

2. The World’s Largest Snow Woman
Built in Bethel, Maine, Olympia Snow Woman took 28 days and 13 million pounds of snow to construct. She casts a shadow of 244 feet and is 122 feet tall. How long would the ladder be to place the hat on her head?

3. The Jolly Green Giant
This monument found in Blue Earth, Minnesota, casts a shadow of 110 feet. If he stands 55 feet tall, how long of a ladder is needed to polish the Giant’s hair?

4. The World’s Tallest Man
Robert Pershing Wadlow was (and still is) the tallest human
being ever recorded. At his death, he weighed 490 pounds. Robert casts an 18 foot shadow and is 9 feet tall. How tall of a ladder would be needed to polish Robert’s glasses?

5. The World’s Largest Arcade Machine
This arcade machine plays vintage video games. has a 26 foot shadow and stands 13 feet tall. How tall of a ladder would be needed to dust off the top of the arcade machine?

6. The Tallest Tree in the United States
General Sherman is a 2500 year old Sequoia located in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park, near Visalia, California. The tree casts a 550 foot shadow and is 275 feet tall. How long of a ladder would be needed to trim the top of the tree?

7. The Washington Monument
This Presidential Memorial is the world’s tallest stone structure and the world’s tallest obelisk. It casts a 1112 foot shadow and is 556 feet tall. How long of a cable would be needed if someone was to zip line from the top to the ground?

8. World’s Tallest Building
The “Dubai Tower” is a super tall skyscraper under construction in the Business Bay district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest-man-made structure ever built. The building cast a 5,368 foot shadow and is 2684 feet tall. How tall of a ladder is needed to clean the windows on the top floor?

9. World’s Largest Wooden Home
This house was built by a Russian gangster in 1992 and claims the award for the world’s largest wooden home. The house cast a 288 foot shadow and is feet tall. How long of a ladder would be needed to add another floor to the top of the house?