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A room is 15 ft long and 12 feet wide. What are the length and width of the room in yards? Since 3 feet = 1 yard, we have: Length in yards = Length in feet / 3 Length in yards = 15/3 Length in yards = 5 Width in yards = Width in feet / 3 Width in yards = 12/3 Width in yards = 4

Each tree in an orchard containing 2,650 trees requires 210 grams of fertiliizer. At $1.25 per kilogram of fertilizer, how much does it cost to fertilize the orchard? Calculate the total fertilizer needed: Total fertilizer needed = Number of trees * grams of fertilizer per tree Total fertilizer...

A hummingbird moves its wings at a rate of 5400 wingbeats a minute. Write this rate in wingbeats per second. 5400 wingbeats per minute * 1 minute / 60 seconds = 5400/60 = 90 wingbeats per second

A milk booth sells 445 litres of milk in a day. How many litres of milk will it sell in 4 years Calculate the number of days in 4 years: Days in 4 years = Days in 1 year * 4 Days in 4 years = 365 * 4 Days in 4 years = 1,460 Calculate litres of milk sold in 4 years: Litres of milk sold in 4...

A 3-gallon bucket of paint costs $87.12. What is the price per quart? 3 gallons equals 12 quarts with our conversion calculator. We divide 87.12 for 12 quarts by 12: 87.12 / 12 = $7.26 per quart

gretchen cycles 65 miles in one week. Find her rate of cycling in miles per day 65 miles per week / 7 days per week = 9.29 miles per day

If a baby weighs 6lbs and14ozs how much does the baby weigh in ounces Since a pound = 16oz, we have: ounces = 6*16 + 14 ounces = 96 + 14 ounces = 110

Mr. Johnson earned $16,000 in 4 months. At this rate, how much money did he earn in one year? $16,000 / 4 months * 12 months / year = $48,000 per year

Olivia bought 20 notebooks. Her cost for all of the notebooks was 2.00$. If each notebook cost the same amount then how much did she pay for one 20 notebooks / 2 Divide top and bottom by 20: 1 notebook = 2/20 1 notebook = 1/10 1 notebook = 10 cents

how much are you paid by the minute if you get $170 a day? 170 / day * 1 day / 24 hours * 1 hour / 60 minutes 170 / (60*24) per minut 170 / 1440 11.8 cents per minute

A park bench is 6 feet long. Convert the length to inches We type in 6 feet into our search engine. We get: 6 feet = 72 inches

A certain race is a distance of 26 furlongs. How far is the race in (a) miles? (b) yards? We type in 26 furlongs into our search engine and we get: 3.25 miles 5,720 yards

A robot runs 6 feet in a second. How many feet can it run in a minute? 6 feet / second * 60 seconds / minute = 360 feet / minute

Kathy rans 16 miles a week. If she continues to ran at this rate how many miles will she ran in a year? 52 weeks / year * 16 miles / week = 832 miles /year

Since pounds are smaller than tons, i need to ______ the number of pounds by _____ Divide the number of pounds by 2,000

$0.73 every day and in 12 weeks how much will I have? $0.73 per day * 7 days / week * 12 weeks = $0.73 * 7 * 12 = $61.32

1 person is born every 5 seconds. How many people are born in 1 minute? Set up the chain: 1 person / 5 seconds * 60 seconds / 1 minute Since 60/5 is 12, and the seconds cancel, we have: 12 people / minute

A lightbulb consumes 1440 watt-hours per day. How many watt-hours does it consume in 4 days and 12 hours? 1 day is 24 hours. 4 days is 24 * 4 = 96 hours. So we have 96 hours + 12 hours = 108 hours

Jason has saved 40 quarters from washing cars. How many cents does Jason have? 40 quarters * 25 cents / 1 quarter = 1,000 cents

How many hours are there in 720 minutes? 720 minutes * (1 hour / 60 minutes) = 12 hours