Skip over navigation
A notice on Morecambe Promenade reads: "It would take $20$ million years to fill Morecambe Bay from a bath tap." Assuming that the flow from a bath tap is $6$ litres per minute, what is the approximate capacity of Morecambe Bay, in litres?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
Filling Morecambe Bay
Age 11 to 14
ShortChallenge Level 
A notice on Morecambe Promenade reads: "It would take $20$ million years to fill Morecambe Bay from a bath tap." Assuming that the flow from a bath tap is $6$ litres per minute, what is the approximate capacity of Morecambe Bay, in litres?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.
You may also like
Consecutive Numbers
An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
Days and Dates
Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...