conversions

Katie bought a ribbon that was 4 feet long. How many inches long was Katie’s ribbon? 1 foot = 12 inches so we have: 4 feet * 12 inches / foot = 48 inches

a number of seconds in 50 minutes 60 seconds / minute * 50 minutes = 60 * 50 seconds = 3,000 seconds

Plants are sold in packs of 4. A container holds 2 packs. There are 8 containers. How many plants? 8 containers * 2 packs / 1 container * 4 plants / 1 pack = 64 plants

Convert 82°F to °C. Using our temperature calculator, we get: 27.78C

4K a month how much in a year 4K = 4000, so we have: 4000 per month * 12 months / year = 48,000 per year

A tree is 23.1 feet tall. What is its height in meters ? Use the following conversion: 1 meter is 3.3 feet 23.1 feet * 1 meter / 3.3 feet = 7 meters

Johnny waited 0.25 hour before his school bus arrived. How many minutes did johnny actually wait? An hour is 60 minutes. 0.25 = 1/4 So we have 60 * 1/4 = 60/4 = 15 minutes

A street sign is 85 inches tall. How tall is it in feet and inches? Since 12 inches is a foot, we have: 12 goes into 85 7 times remainder 1 So we have 7 feet, 1 inch

Last year, Susan interviewed 240 people. How many each month? 240 people / yr * 1 yr / 12 months = 240 people / 12 months = 20 people per month

A cheetah can run 68 mph. How fast is a cheetah in feet per second (68 miles / hour) * (1 hour / 3600 seconds) * (5280 feet / 1 mile) = 68 * 5280 feet per 3600 seconds 395040 feet / 3600 seconds 99.73 feet per second

A cook has 2 3/4 pounds of ground beef.How many quarter-pound burgers can he make? 2 & 3/4 converts to 11/4 in our fraction converter. A quarter-pound burger is 1/4 of a pound. 11/4 = 1/4 * 11, so the cook can make 11 quarter-pound burgers

Five one -foot rulers laid end to end reach how many inches? Since 1 foot = 12 inches from our conversion calculator, we have: 5 feet = 60 inches

In 1996 Ato Boldon of UCLA ran the 100-meter dash in 9.92 seconds. In 1969 John Carlos of San Jose State ran the 100-yard dash in 9.1 seconds. Which runner had the faster average speed? We convert yards to meters using our conversion calculator and we get: 100 yards = 91.44 meters Now we set...

carlos drank 2,740 ml of water after football practice how many liters did he drink We type 2740 ml into our search engine and we get: 2.74L

a lion can run 72 feet in one second how far can the lion run in one minute? Using our time conversions calculator by typing 1 minute into our search engine, we see: 1 minute = 60 seconds So 72 feet per second * 60 seconds / minute = 4,320 feet / minute

Angie knew 90% of the answers on a worksheet. What fraction of the answers did she know? We type 90% as a fraction into our search engine and we get: 9/10

If a pound of coffee costs $4, how many ounces can be bought for $1.80 Using our conversion calculator, we find 1 pound = 16 ounces $4 per 16 ounces = 4/16 We can simplify this fraction to 0.25 per ounce We take our 1.80 divided by 0.25 per ounce 1.80/0.25 = 7.2 ounces of coffee

four quarters are worth $1.00. A roll of quarters is worth $10. How many quarters are in a roll. A roll of quarters has $10. Each dollar has 4 quarters So a roll has 10 * 4 = 40 quarters

An executive in an engineering firm earns a monthly salary plus a Christmas bonus of 6400 dollars. If she earns a total of 87400 dollars per year, what is her monthly salary in dollars? Calculate the annual salary without bonus: Annual Salary = Total Pay - Christmas Bonus Annual Salary = 87400...

Represent the number of inches in 7 feet We type in 7 feet to our search engine and we get: 7 feet = 84 inches