Guess the Weight of the Pumpkins Contest

posted Oct 28, 2020, 9:13 AM by Leah Ashford [ updated Oct 29, 2020, 1:03 PM ]

How much does a pumpkin weigh? On Thursday Mr. McPhee's class will weigh the giant pumpkins by the entrance to the school. They are going to have a contest to see who can estimate the closest weight. The winner of each category will get a small pumpkin as a prize. There will be 4 categories, Pumpkin 1, Pumpkin 2, Pumpkin 3 and combined weight. Data will compiled on Thursday Morning.

Results!

We weighed the pumpkins, tallied the data and have delivered prizes to the winners!

Pumpkin 1: Actual weight 85kg

5-way tie guessing 90kg

Marian, Scarlett from McPhee Class

Joy and Sofia from the Hingston class

Chase from Pypers class

Pumpkin 2: Actual Weight 47kg

Sofia from Hingston class guessed 46kg

Pumpkin 3: Actual Weight 57kg

Jack from Hingston class guessed the actual weight! 57kg

Combined Weight: Actual weight was 188kg

Joy from the Hingston class guessed 186kg

Julianna from the Hingston class guessed 190kg

Happy Halloween!

Andrew McPhee

Fernwood Elementary

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