The Dripping Tap!

Last night, Seán (from 3rd Class) left a tap dripping. After 10 minutes, he had collected 50 ml of water.

We interpreted his findings further today and the results (as follows) were quite shocking:

10 minutes = 50 ml

1 hour = 300 ml

24 hours (1 day) = 7,200 ml or 7.2 litres!