Equivalent Inches and feet
H Activity
Small
Wonders!
Try this activity based on the story on pages 10 and 11 of the May/June 2011 issue.
What to Do
Convert inches to feet and inches to see
the sizes of models from pages 10 and 11.
1
At Legoland, there is a mini Mount Rushmore!
George Washington’s head is about
36 inches tall. How many feet tall is that?
4
The White House at Legoland is about
101 inches wide. How wide is it in feet
and inches?
5
Legoland’s model of the
Empire State Building
is 20 feet tall. How many
inches tall is that?
2
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is a famous
place in Hollywood, California. The Lego
model of it is 54 inches tall. How tall is the model
in feet and inches?
3
The Luxor Hotel in
Las Vegas looks like an
Egyptian pyramid. The Lego
Luxor hotel is about 210 inches
tall. How tall is it in feet
and inches?
supermath
A new part of Legoland is made of scenes
from Star Wars movies and The Clone Wars TV
series. Some full-size adults are 6 feet tall. Many
Legoland figures are about 5 feet, 8 inches shorter
than that. How tall are those Legoland figures?
Activity by Linda Buchwald. Photos courtesy Legoland California Resort. Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to reproduce this page. ©2011 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
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