Spaghetti Graph!

This week in our maths class we did an experiment to measure the strength of spaghetti.I expected the spaghetti to just break!

To do this experiment Set up two desks that are the same height. The edges should be 20 cm apart. Use tape to anchor the ends of the spaghetti. Make a hook from a paper clip. Turn a paper cup into a small bucket. Use string for the handle.You might wrap tape around the hook so it does not cut like a knife.Add weights such as coins into the cup gently until the spaghetti snaps. Do not drop the coins into the cup as the impact and force of the weight will snap the spaghetti!Test the tensile strength of different numbers of strands.Each time you test the spaghetti find the mass of the cup and coins.Record the measurements.

graph shows that as we expand the amount of spaghetti we also enlarge the mount of weight it will hold!We found that one strand of spaghetti can only hold a sertant amount of grams but if we had used five strands of spaghetti can hold more and that relates to people in real life like the more people you have around you the stronger you are!