A farmer has 600 yards of fencing. He is trying to figure out how to build his fence so that he has a rectangle with the greatest square footage inside. What are the side lengths of the fence he can build with the greatest area inside?

if i have 23 one foot square tiles how many packages do i need to cover a square ballroom floor whose side measures 64 feet?

John and James were seeing who could jump the farthest. John jumped 6 feet 8 inches and James jumped 7 feet. There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. How many centimeters farther did James jump?

The Homecoming dance is going to be held in the school gymnasium which is 300 feet X 300 feet.  The fire marshall requires 4 square feet per person.  How many tickets can the school sell?

Find the length of the missing leg of a right triangle if the hypotenuse measures 51 feet and the other leg measures 45 feet

Vlad (the vampire) wanted to line the inside of his coffin bed with purple cloth. He measured the inside height, length and width to be twenty-three inches, eighty-four inches and twenty- eight inches. He also noted that it was a rectangular prism. The purple cloth is sold by the foot in sixty inch wide pieces. How many feet of cloth does he need to buy?

Marcia has 422 feet of fence. After fencing in a square region, she has 170 feet of fence left. What is the length of one side of the square? feet

A football coach is blocking off a rectangular exercise area. The exercise area will have a perimeter of 76 yards. The length of one side will be 8 yards. How long will the other side be?

Luke is buying a computer monitor that is 12 inches tall and has a distance of 37 inches between opposite corners. What is the width of Luke's new monitor?

A square room in amber’s home had an area of 128 square feet.what is the best estimate of the one side length of the room?