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Cricket on the sports fields
Pressure

5C calculated the pressure they exert on the ground.

First they measured the area in contact with the ground by drawing round their shoes on graph paper and calculating the area.

Carefully done

They then measured the force on ground by standing on scales.

Stage two

Finally, they employed the equation: pressure = force/area

Calculating, and writing it up

Description by Mr Baker, photographs by LWright (11.11)

Their results:

 

5C Pressures (standing on 2 feet)
N/cm²
1.29
3.30
1.63
1.27
2.27
0.79
1.10
1.40
1.03
1.51
1.09
0.50
1.20
2.24
1.77
1.38
Mean 1.49