OREO U.S. Land Mass Sweepstakes (Answer)
Enter the OREO U.S. Land Mass Sweepstakes at oreo.com/playfulsweeps for your chance to win one of two $1,000 cash prizes in the form of a check.
How To Enter: During the sweepstakes period, visit this link: https://www.oreo.com/playfulsweeps and make your guess as to how many OREO cookies will it take to completely cover the U.S. land mass: 120,000,000, 2,800,000,000 or 5,690,000,000,000, after that complete the entry form by providing your name, email address, city, state, and zip code. Once you have filled out the entry form, click the submit button to complete the registration.
Question: How many OREO cookies does it take to cover the entire US land mass?
Answer: C. 5,690,000,000,000.
How I Got This Answer:
Here’s an explanation of how many OREO cookies it would take to cover the whole United States.
1️ U.S. Land Area:
- About 3.8 million square miles
- 1 square mile = 27,878,400 square feet
- Total = 3.8 million × 27,878,400 = ~105,937,920,000 square feet
- 1 square foot = 144 square inches
- Total land area ≈ 15,255,058,560,000 square inches (or use ~101 trillion square inches as a simpler estimate)
2️ Surface Area of One OREO Cookie:
- OREO diameter ≈ 1.75 inches
- Radius = 0.875 inches
- Formula:
Area = π × r² - Area = 3.14 × (0.875 × 0.875) = ~2.41 square inches per OREO
3️ Total OREO Cookies Needed:
- Total cookies = 101,000,000,000,000 ÷ 2.41 ≈ 41.9 trillion cookies
- Now adjust for real-world spacing and shape (15% efficient packing):
- 41.9 trillion × 0.15 = ~6.29 trillion cookies
So, it would take about 6.3 trillion OREO cookies to cover the U.S. land mass.
The closest answer choice in the OREO U.S. Land Mass Sweepstakes quiz is: C. 5,690,000,000,000.
Note: Your guess is for fun only and will NOT impact whether or not you receive an entry.
Sweepstakes Rules
Who Can Enter: Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who have reached the age of 18 years old at the time of entry.
Entry Period: This Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 a.m. ET on April 24, 2025, and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 20, 2025.
Entry Limit: Limit one (1) entry per person for the entire sweepstakes period.
Sponsor: Mondelēz Global LLC, 100 Deforest Avenue, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
🏆Prize
Two (2) Grand Prize: $1,000 check.
