Hannah
Logan
KMT
#2
10/30/09
Kalani‘opu‘u
is
the
name
of
the
swimming
pool
here
on
the
Kapälama
campus.
The
swimming
pool
was
dedicated
on
May
1,
1964.
In
the
1940s
to
the
1960s,
the
students
and
parents
were
brainstorming
and
wondering
how
they
would
finance
the
pool
because
they
all
wanted
the
pool
to
be
built.
Finally
in
the
early
1960s,
the
trustees
assigned
a
woman,
by
the
name
of
Theodore
Vierra,
to
start
drawing
the
plans
for
the
pool.
The
pool
would
be
of
the
Olympic
Size
and
would
also
need
boys
and
girls
locker
rooms
near
by.
The
total
area
need
for
the
pool
and
facilities
would
be
24,090
square
feet.
The
pool
was
build
by
H.
T.
Hayashi,
and
coasted
a
total
of
$591,621.
The
pool
was
originally
named
Ke‘elikolani,
which
was
the
previous
name
of
the
Preparatory
School’s
dining
hall.
After
the
pool
had
been
built,
the
name
of
the
Preparatory
Dining
hall
had
been
switch
to
Kalama
when
the
pool
was
named
Ke‘elikolani.
Then
when
the
Auditorium
was
completed,
the
auditorium
would
be
named
Ke‘elikolani
so
the
pools
current
name
is
Kalani‘opu‘u,
after
the
chief
of
the
Big
Island,
who
was
also
King
Kamehameha’s
uncle.
At
the
dedication
of
Kalani‘opu‘u,
great
festivities
took
place.
There
was
a
water
ballet
preformed
by
the
Punahou
girls.
Problem:
Kalani‘opu‘u
is
100
meters
long
and
25
meters
wide.
Assuming
that
the
water
line
is
5
cm
from
the
top
of
the
pool,
and
a
mature
African
elephant
weighs
an
average
of
4,000
kilograms,
what
is
the
least
number
of
elephants
you
would
need
to
over
flow
Kalani‘opu‘u
pool?
Math
Standard:
Measurement
Math
Concept:
Measure
and
classify
geometric
figures.
Learn
to
use
metric
and
the
systems
of
measures
including
scientific
notation
and
exponents.
Use
the
law
of
exponents.
http://thejourneyback.files.word
press.com/2009/05/elephants.jp
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Problem:
Kalani‘opu‘u
is
100
meters
long
and
25
meters
wide.
Assuming
that
the
water
line
is
5
cm
from
the
top
of
the
pool,
and
a
mature
African
elephant
weighs
an
average
of
4,000
kilograms,
what
is
the
least
number
of
elephants
you
would
need
to
over
flow
Kalani‘opu‘u
pool?
Step
1:
Step
2:
Step
3:
3
125
m
Step
4:
Step
5:
Step
6:
Find
the
surface
area
of
the
pool.
100*25=
2,500
meters2
Find
the
volume
of
the
water
that
should
be
displace
by
elephant.
.05*2,500=
125
meters3
Convert
125
meters3
to
Liters
(100
cm)
3
1
mL
1
L
1
m3
1
cm3
1,000
mL
Finish
converting.
(125*1003)/1,000=
125,000
L
Divide
125,000
L
by
the
mass
of
one
elephant.
125,000/4,000=
31.25
Round
to
the
least
numbers
of
Elephants
need.
32
Elephants