Scientifically work out how much Alex’s feet and head weigh

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Points

15

Disquals

0

• Charlotte initially worked out Alex's height was the same length as 7 of his heads so divided his overall weight by 7 before deciding weight was not evenly distributed between "head, shoulders, knees and toes", eventually just estimating her answer. She guessed Alex's head weighed 5Kg and his feet weighed 3Kg, receiving 4 points.
• Jamali got bored and just said what came up on the scales, claiming Alex's head had to weigh the maximum weight the scales could take as it caused an error message to appear. He guessed Alex's head weighed 40Kg and his feet weighed 4.2Kg, receiving 1 point.
• Lee worked out Alex's weigh by filling a pot with water and weighing it, then putting Alex's head into the pot to displace the water and weigh it again, with the different in weight being how much Alex's head weighed. He worked out Alex's head weighed 4.2Kg and his feet weighed 0.8Kg each, receiving 5 points.
• Mike put Alex in a bath in an attempt to work out Alex's weight by displacing water, but because there was not enough water his measurements were off. He guessed Alex's head weighed 8.65Kg and his feet weighed 3.5Kg, receiving 2 points.
• Sarah compared Alex's head to a watermelon and weighed it and Alex's head on a set of scales. She then drew around Alex's foot and filled her drawing with fishfingers before weighing the fishfingers that fit in Alex's foot. She guessed Alex's head weighed 4.2Kg and his feet weighed 880g, receiving 3 points.