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How many basketballs would fill a school cafeteria?
It takes 12,700 basketballs to fill a standard school cafeteria. Piled up, they form a heap 42.4 ft (12.9 m) wide and 11.3 ft (3.44 m) tall, which is about 5 times the size of a 20-foot shipping container.
To fill a school cafeteria
about 12,700 basketballs
150,000 liters of space
about 5 times the size of a 20-foot shipping container
- One basketball
- 9.41 in (23.9 cm) long
- Height
- 9.41 in (23.9 cm)
- Each weighs
- 1.37 lb (620 g)
- Together they weigh
- 8.68 US tons (7.87 tonnes)
- One school cafeteria weighs
- 165 US tons (150 tonnes)
- Heap width
- 42.4 ft (12.9 m)
- Heap height
- 11.3 ft (3.44 m)
- Fills about
- 197 yd³ (150 m³)
Sizes and weights are typical for an adult or standard basketball; real ones vary.
Questions people ask
- How much do all those basketballs weigh?
- All together they weigh 8.68 US tons (7.87 tonnes).
- What are the dimensions of a single basketball?
- One basketball is about 9.41 in (23.9 cm) long, 9.41 in (23.9 cm) tall, and 1.37 lb (620 g).
- How much total space do the basketballs occupy?
- They fill about 197 yd³ (150 m³), which is the space of one school cafeteria (about 150,000 liters).