Counting Hundreds and Thousands
Sep. 9th, 2002 09:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fluffymarkWhile baking more cakes this evening, a question of paramount importance arose:
How many Hundreds and Thousands actually are there in the Jar?
Just looking at the jar, it's obvious that there are many more than a hundred, even many more than a thousand of the little round coloured sugary objects in the jar. But how many? In a highly curious frame of mind, I put it to myself to investigate.
Two methods were used. Firstly by weight. I poured out what I estimated to be about 1000 of them onto my weighing scales, which told me that this many weighed 2 grams. The jar said it held 80 grams, which would be 40,000. The second method was by volume. Estimating the volume of a single hundred and thousand (a cubic millimetre) and then measuring the dimensions of the jar, and a quick calculation of how many hundreds and thousands would fill that volume, gave an answer of about 60,000.
*accomplishedsmile*
Yay! :)
So I claim there are about 50,000 hundreds and thousands in a jar. If anyone can improve on my methods or come up with a more novel way of counting them, I'd be delighted to know! *curioussmile*
How many Hundreds and Thousands actually are there in the Jar?
Just looking at the jar, it's obvious that there are many more than a hundred, even many more than a thousand of the little round coloured sugary objects in the jar. But how many? In a highly curious frame of mind, I put it to myself to investigate.
Two methods were used. Firstly by weight. I poured out what I estimated to be about 1000 of them onto my weighing scales, which told me that this many weighed 2 grams. The jar said it held 80 grams, which would be 40,000. The second method was by volume. Estimating the volume of a single hundred and thousand (a cubic millimetre) and then measuring the dimensions of the jar, and a quick calculation of how many hundreds and thousands would fill that volume, gave an answer of about 60,000.
*accomplishedsmile*
Yay! :)
So I claim there are about 50,000 hundreds and thousands in a jar. If anyone can improve on my methods or come up with a more novel way of counting them, I'd be delighted to know! *curioussmile*
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Date: 2002-09-09 11:14 pm (UTC)Probably not very accurate but it would be fun and the sugar high would keep you bouncing for days!!! ; )
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Date: 2002-09-10 02:30 am (UTC)It would while away the time, though..:)
You could always just call them 'sprinklies' and avoid having to think about it. Ostrich approach. Works for me ;)
J xx
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Date: 2002-09-10 02:44 am (UTC):)
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Date: 2002-09-10 05:12 am (UTC)Yummy suggestion! :)
Not sure that would work, I already know there are 80g of them. I think my unusual metabolism would make things go weird anyway, the more sweet things I eat, the more I *lose* weight. I've eaten lots (for me) this year, and it was quite a shock to weight myself last week and find i'd fallen below 8 and a half stone. Eeeep.
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Date: 2002-09-10 05:13 am (UTC)Rather you than me. But if i get really bored one day, I guess it's something to do.
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Date: 2002-09-10 05:15 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2002-09-10 06:20 am (UTC)J xx
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Date: 2002-09-10 06:37 am (UTC)What you need is chocolate butter. Or berry butter. Or even better, coconut and chocolate butter (guess who has been investigating the flavoured butter situation in her local universam?)
Hee hee. Bring your best cake recipies when you visit :) Although my oven seems a little tempremental. I'm not used to electric ones, I'm used to the ones you almost singe your hair on when trying to light it!
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Date: 2002-09-10 06:51 am (UTC)Don't tempt me, i may just go and eat the lot. :)
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Date: 2002-09-10 06:54 am (UTC)Yay! :)
...
Date: 2002-09-10 07:08 am (UTC)If you like I'll bring a mountain of the stuff for you from here. I can see it already - my bag will be full of things for you, nothing for anyone else and a few items of clothing.
Deary me...
Re: ...
Date: 2002-09-10 07:21 am (UTC)I don't want to deprive you of your bag space! But i wouldn't say no to you bringing things back for me. *hopefulsmile*
Re: ...
Date: 2002-09-10 07:36 am (UTC)I'll see what I can do about bringing some flavoured butter back - don't worry about the bagspace, it is a worthy cause! Any particular requests? Let me know. But if my stuff gets covered in butter, you'll suffer for it! *grin*
Re: ...
Date: 2002-09-10 07:49 am (UTC)*blinkseyes*
Pleeeeeeeeeeease? :) *begginglook*
*tsk*
Date: 2002-09-10 08:24 am (UTC)Maybe there's a website?
Anyway, must dash, have to interview a prospective student for assessment! EEEP! What responsability!
Oh YUM!
Date: 2002-09-10 08:30 am (UTC)Says it all.
Although haven't found cierki yet.
Re: Oh YUM!
Date: 2002-09-10 08:32 am (UTC)Here's one.
http://www.russianfoods.com/showroom/product0140A/vendor003E7/default.asp
$1. Plus p&p. Well, you can dream :)
Re: *tsk*
Date: 2002-09-10 08:37 am (UTC)You're such a star! *largehug*
Re: Oh YUM!
Date: 2002-09-10 08:39 am (UTC)If I have time on saturday, maybe i'll pop into Queensway market and see if any of the Russian food stalls there have cierki. That does sounds like a plan.
Re: Oh YUM!
Date: 2002-09-10 08:52 am (UTC)*runs into supermarket to gorge herself on sirok/cierki* (I prefer my version of the word!)