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C HA L L E N G E : It’s exactly six miles from your house to the library.
How many feet would you have to walk to the library and back home?
1 What are Fred’s and Mary’s heights in feet?
2 Find the sum of their heights in inches.
3 Now convert your answer in #2 to feet.
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/convert.html
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Fred could very well be a professional basketball
player when he gets older. At 16 years old, he’s
already 72 inches tall! His younger sister, Mary, is not
far behind. She’s 68 inches tall. Use the Web site
below to convert their heights from inches to feet:
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11.66667 feet
140 inches
Fred is 6 feet tall and Mary
is 5.666667 feet tall.
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C HA L L E N G E : 63,360 feet
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