Question

The diameter of Saturn is 120,536 Km across while it moon Titan's diameter is 5,150 Km across. Saturn is_______times bigger than Titan (1 decimal). If we could shrink Titan down to a size of a lime (diameter is 1.75 inches across), then Saturn would be as big as_______. Use one of the following objects as your answer.

Watermelon (12 inches across)

Basketball (9.5 inches across)

Average Halloween pumpkin (15 inches across)

Pumpkin at the Puyallup fair (40 inches across)

Blank 1:
Blank 2:

Answer 1

• Blank 1: 23.4
• Blank 2: Pumpkin at the Puyallup fair

Explanation:

Saturn is:

• 120536/5150 = 23.4 times bigger than Titan

Saturn would be as big as:

• 1.75*23.4 = 40.95 inches across = Pumpkin at the Puyallup fair