GUESSTIMATE – 1

NUMBER OF FOOD DELIVERY PARCELS RECEIVED IN IIMK IN A WEEK

Assumptions
• Geographical constraints
• Batch size of 1200 No. of food
•
•
Busy schedules on weekdays restraining one self from ordering breakfast
Availability of canteens and mess around the clock delivery parcels
• People ordering in groups is considered as a single parcel

Weekdays Weekends

Breakfast ( 10/day assuming tight

Breakfast ( 2 /day )
schedules)
Lunch ( 30/ day)
Lunch ( 20/ day)
Dinner (50/day)
Dinner (40/day)

70*5 82*2

Total Food delivery parcels received in IIM Kozhikode in a week = 350 + 164 = 414
food delivery parcels per week
GUESSTIMATE – 2
NUMBER OF DOORS IN IIM KOZHIKODE

Assumptions
• Batch size of 1200
• Number of permanent faculty - 100
• All double sharing rooms with attached washroom – No. of doors =3
• Faculty quarters as 2BHK occupancy and 6 doors per flat
• Academic blocks include faculty cabins with 1 door each
• Administrative block includes offices, library
library has 4 floors and 10 doors each
• 3 Guest houses having 20 rooms each also have 3 doors per room
• Others include dispensary, restaurants, mess, store rooms No. of doors

Academic Administrative
Hostel blocks Guest houses Faculty quarters Others
blocks blocks

classrooms - 30
Rooms - 1200/2 Cabins - 100 Rooms – 3*20 Library – 40 doors Flats - 100 Rooms - 20
Auditorium – 2 Office – 10
Rest rooms - 10

600*3
30*2 60*3 100*6 20*2
100*1 40+10
2*5
10*4

Total number of doors in IIM Kozhikode

= 1800 + 210 + 180 + 50 + 600+ 40 = 2880
GUESSTIMATE – 3
NUMBER OF CLOTHES HANGING ON ROPES IN IIM KOZHIKODE IN A DAY

Assumptions
•
•
Number of students on campus – 1200
Gender diversity – 50%
No. of Clothes
• Faculty – 100 families ( a regular family consist of 4 people) hanging
• Washing clothes once a week
• Men has less number of clothes compared to women

Men Women Faculty

No. of students – 1200/2 No. of students – 1200/2 No. of people = 100*4

20 pieces per week per person 30 pieces per week per person 100 pieces per week per family

600*20 600*30 100*100

Total number of clothes hanging in IIM Kozhikode per week

= 12000 + 18000 + 10000 = 40000
Total number of clothes hanging in IIM Kozhikode per day
= 40000/7 ~ 5700
GUESSTIMATE – 4
NUMBER OF PACKAGE DELIVERY PARCELS RECEIVED IN IIMK IN A DAY

Assumptions
• A 30 day month and a strength of 1200 students and 100 faculty
• Assuming it is not a month of end of season sale

No. of
Packages

Men Women Faculty

Regular –
Habitual Occasional Regular Habitual Ocassional Occasional Habitual Regular
30%
100*10
600*20 600*30 0

Total number of clothes hanging in IIM Kozhikode per week

= 12000 + 18000 + 10000 = 40000
Total number of clothes hanging in IIM Kozhikode per day
= 40000/7 ~ 5700