A bit of Maths help please!

[highway61]

I am trying to work out average length of a step for my pedometer and I know where you are supposed to measure from but have no tape or ruler to hand etc. so given these details are there any Einsteins out there who can help

I just walked length of my road which is 0.301 miles long and i covered it in 540 steps.
given that info, what would you say the average step is

was crap at maths 45 years ago and have got worse by the year

 

[Barrel of Fun]

0.301 mIles is 484.4 metres. So your step is 89.7 cm? Sounds like large lunges!

 

[Perkino]

I am trying to work out average length of a step for my pedometer and I know where you are supposed to measure from but have no tape or ruler to hand etc. so given these details are there any Einsteins out there who can help

I just walked length of my road which is 0.301 miles long and i covered it in 540 steps.
given that info, what would you say the average step is

was crap at maths 45 years ago and have got worse by the year

I'd convert your distance into metres. 0.301 divided by 5 then times 8. 0.48km which is 480m

Then 480m divided by 540 gives you the average distance of each step. About 0.9m without finding a calculator

 

[cliveh27]

How do you know your road is 0.301 miles long? Where did you get that information from?

 

[highway61]

cheers mate, i make that about 35 ins then, had entered settings as 30 and it seemed to read more steps than i was counting, so will re-set to 35. makes sense as am 6-2 and and do lunge!!

 

[highway61]

How do you know your road is 0.301 miles long? Where did you get that information from?

measured it on a running site, a google map thingy

 

[Portslade Pete]

2.94ft or 35.2in seems about right to me

 

[highway61]

Thanks guys.

 

[Everest]

makes sense as am 6-2 and and do lunge!!

Monty Python - The silly walk - YouTube

 

[highway61]

Monty Python - The silly walk - YouTube

mine is far sillier

 

[Portslade Pete]

Look forward to the posting of the video then

 

[Billy the Fish]

I am trying to work out average length of a step for my paedometer

If only Megan Stammers had a working paedometer when she went for maths help

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Best way to calibrate these is to pop down the local school and walk the 100m running track or a lap for 400m - but not in school time or you'll get collared

 

[Hove Lagoonery]

If only Megan Stammers had a working paedometer when she went for maths help

If she had gone to him with the same problem as the OP, then he might have pretended to solve it by insisting he measure her inside leg....

 

[finlaych]

89.7060259cm

 

[SeagullSongs]

89.7060259cm

Approximately.

 

[Triggaaar]

How do you know your road is 0.301 miles long? Where did you get that information from?

He knows the length of all roads, he works for the highways