Amount of Leaves, Branches and Offshoots

Amount of leaves:

To work out how many leaves there are we need to make an algorithm to work out an estimate. There are approximately 3 leaves per a centimetre. We counted that there were 20 branches and have guessed that the average size of each branch is 250 centimetres long.

3 x 250 = 750 leaves per a branch

750 x 20 = 15,000 leaves on the tree.

Amount of branches:

We counted the branches that came directly of the trunk of the tree. There were 20 branches.

Amount of offshoots:

We counted the offshoots of the tree that are around the tree in close proximity. We counted 37 offshoots from our original tree. These offshoots occur in order to encourage biodiversity and continue the regeneration of new trees in the area.