<p>SSAT</p>
<p>I put that it was lace to shoe because the others did not look too promising.
=)</p>
<p>It is an inflated rubber bladder filled with 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 pounds of air, covered with pebble grained leather (pigskin) of tan color. It approximates a prolate spheroid with a long axis of 11-11 1/4 inches and a circumference of 28-28 1/2 inches. It weighs 14-15 ounces. The ball bears the signature of the league commissioner. Until recently the home team was responsible for providing a set number of game balls for game day, but the league (NFL) now makes the officials inflate and certify the official game balls, including a certain number marked with a K to be used only for kicks. One source says a quantity of 36 balls for outdoor games and 24 for indoors is supplied.</p>
<p>Key points: 8 laces 2 one-inch wide stripes located 3" to 3 1/4" from the ends…only on the two panels adjacent to the laces. Long circumference range: 27 3/4" - 28 1/2" Short circumference range: 20 3/4" - 21 1/4" tip to tip overall length: 10 7/8" - 11 7/16" Inflation: 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi Weight: 14 to 15 oz. No pro football logos allowed. No advertising, Exceptions (1) ball manufacturer’s name or logo, (2) AFCA</p>
<p>National Football League (NFL) and
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) specs:</p>
<pre><code>* Long circumference 27 3/4 (705 mm) - 28 1/2 inches (724 mm)
- Short axis - 20 3/4 (527 mm) to 21 1/4 inches (540 mm)
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<p>Canadian Football League (CFL) specs:</p>
<pre><code>* Long circumference 27 3/4 (705 mm) - 28 1/4 inches (718 mm)
- Short axis - 20 7/8 (530 mm) to 21 1/8 inches (537 mm)
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<p>The chief difference between an NFL, NCAA, AFL and CFL balls is the type of stripe applied around the football 1 inch from each end:</p>
<pre><code>* NFL balls have no stripes
- NCAA balls have broken stripes
- AFL balls are tan with two blue S-shaped stripes
- Canadian balls have complete white stripes
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<p>Other NFL football facts:</p>
<pre><code>* Inflation pressure of an NFL Game Ball: 13 psi
- Weight of an NFL ball - between 14 and 15 ounces
- Number of lace holes on an NFL Game Ball: 16
- Number of Game Balls each NFL home team has per game: 24
- Number of Game Balls used for the Super Bowl: 72
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<p>The manufacturing process begins with a stack of specially tanned, water-resistant leather hides. The cowhides are shipped to the plant from Chicago, where they were stamped by a 20-ton press to get the familiar pebble-grain texture. Football shaped panels are cut from the hides, and four of the panels will be used for the production of each football. One cowhide yields enough panels to make 20 footballs. Since no two hides are identical, each panel may be trimmed to a uniform thickness and weight to meet official specifications.</p>
<p>Quality control is a key issue with football production, and there are over a dozen checks performed throughout the manufacturing process, which involves 50 or so different steps, depending on the type of ball being made.</p>
<p>After the panels are cut, they are assembled into sets of four, which will be sewn together to make the completed football. The panels are stamped and decorated according to the type of football being made and the customers’ order specifications. Outside decorations might include: the Wilson brandname, manufacturing info, team logos, team names, stripes, images, commemorative information, etc. Footballs with white panels are usually intended for decorative display, or as autograph balls.</p>
<p>A lining material is sewn into the underside of each panel to help the ball retain its shape and to protect the ball’s bladder. Two of the panels are punched for lacing holes, then reinforced with a lining to protect the bladder opening and the valve ring. The four panels are then sewn together inside-out on a heavy-duty sewing machine. </p>
<p>The next step, turning the football right side out, is one of the most difficult tasks to perform by hand. It requires a unique combination of skill, dexterity, and strength; so only a few of the employees are qualified for the job. Employees jokingly describe the difficulty of the turning job as “very similar to the difficulty of turning one of your sneakers inside out.”</p>
<p>To make the job easier, a turner uses steam to warm and soften the leather. He also uses a vertical steel bar that provides leverage during the turning.</p>
<p>Next, a polyurethane bladder is inserted through the opening in the lace area and the ball is pre-laced with linen thread. Lacing is a skilled job and only the most experienced lacers handle the NFL footballs. NFL footballs also undergo a few extra production steps for reliablity during their “heavy-duty” use, but all the footballs undergo the same types of quality checks during production.</p>
<p>Completed balls are placed in molds (shown above) and inflated to 150 pounds of pressure. The process stretches and shapes a ball and by the end of a minute, pressure is reduced to the standard 13 pounds.</p>
<p>The very last inspection stages have each ball being assessed for quality standards in appearance, shape, length, width, stitching, and weight. The specifications of Canadian and American footballs are slightly different. These specs imply that a Canadian football, on the average, will be a tiny bit shorter. A Canadian football, as shown by the specs below, is not slightly fatter, even though many football fans believe this to be the case. Since most official Canadian and American footballs are manufactured by Wilson, it is likely that their dimensions are actually identical.</p>
<p>I hope that answered your question. If you have any further football questions, you should go to the source, Wilson Sporting Goods:</p>
<p>[Wilson</a> Sporting Goods : Contact](<a href=“http://www.wilson.com/wilson/home/article2.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id=10134198673988576&FOLDER<>folder_id=9852723697226089&PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524442312425&bmUID=1197254301250]Wilson”>http://www.wilson.com/wilson/home/article2.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id=10134198673988576&FOLDER<>folder_id=9852723697226089&PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524442312425&bmUID=1197254301250)</p>
<p>I meant the football question on the SSAT yesterday…not real football…I’m assuming u tried to be sarcastic…hahaha…not funny</p>
<p>Dyer, I love that story about the lasso! I have done that tons of times, and yet miraculously, my answers still have credibility. I’ve made so many people depressed just because I had a different answer…</p>
<p>Chill, SSAT. I’m sure you did fine. I didn’t get the football questions at first either. I skipped the first one because I got 13 instead of 14 (or is it the other way around?) I can’t remember the second one, and for the third one, it was a negative number (I think). </p>
<p>As for the popcorn/hotdog question, I think my answer was $1.60. </p>
<p>Remember the caffeine article in the reading comprehension? Why did the author use the word “dose”? Because caffeine is a drug, or because children consume the same amount everyday? I spent the remaining 5-10 mins going over that one… :|. I think the Russian feminist’s diary was okay. </p>
<p>Am I being weird? Why does it seem like the ones that I think are easy, are considered hard for you all, then those that I think are hard, are easy for you guys??</p>
<p>You’re not being weird at all,
I also spent the remaining minutes with that caffeine question</p>
<p>and i finally got how to do the football question
i think for all the questions…they won the game so you add 10 points
(0+10=10)
then you subtract the difference of the scores and add that to 10
(x-y=n)
(10+n=<strong>)
then remember how it said…(chose team a,b,c to win by…) well then you subtract that sooo
(</strong>-x= your answer</p>
<p>I think the math was pretty good. I skipped one in each section. I think the reading was pretty easy. I skipped one or maybe two, I think. I think the verbal was impossible, though. I skipped at least five. I am retaking the test because of it.</p>
<p>You don’t find the difference between the two scores…for the second step…u first find the predicted amount the person believed to differ by in the game and the actual difference between the scores…then which every is lower u add it to 10 then…u subtract the difference between the predicted and actual and then…u subtract 10+the lower number from predicted and actual - the difference of predicted and actual…sry its lotta words</p>
<p>overall i missed 3 in math… 1 in reading, and 5 in verbal.</p>
<p>drawstring is to sweatpants as shoelace is to shoe.</p>
<p>memorandum is to dissertation as i didnt know what the answer was to that one</p>
<p>ok heres the football question answered</p>
<p>10 + either your guess of the difference or the actual difference between scores (whichever is lowest)= x</p>
<p>x-the difference between your guess and the actual result.</p>
<p>i didnt seem to have a problem with that one. maybe i was rushing?</p>