A room has a floor area of 48 square yards. What  is the area of the room in square feet? Solve this  problem in two different ways, each time referring  to the meaning of multiplication

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?

A rectangular room is 15 meters longer than it is wide. The area of the room is 250 square meters. How many meters long is the room? O 15 m O 25 m O 10 m 50 m

The dimensions of a matchbox are given as 2 inches x 2.5 inches x 1.5 inches. Find the volume of the packet containing 10 such matchboxes. Numbers only!

A wooden plank has a length of 19ft and 8 inches. Two pieces of each of length 3ft and 7 inches, four pieces each of length 2ft and 10 inches is cut from this plank. Find the length of left behind plank in ft and inches. (1ft = 12 inches)

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A piece of scenery for the school play is in the shape of a 5-foot-long rectangle. The designer decides to increase the length. There will be 3 identical rectangles with a total length of 17 feet. By how much did the designer increase the length of each rectangle?

Alex uses the length of his hand to measure the size of his desk. He finds the top of his desk to be about "2.5 hands by 9 hands" in size. Bianca uses her hand and finds the same desk to measure about "4 hands by 14.4 hands" in size. Alex's hand is how many times as long as Bianca's hand?  times as long    What is the measure of Alex's hand using Bianca's hand as the "unit ruler"?     Bianca's hand is how many times as long as Alex's hand?  times as long    What is the measure of Bianca's hand using Alex's hand as the "unit ruler"?

One bag of pesticide covers 4000 square feet. How many bags of pesticide should be purchased to cover a rectangular garden that is 180 feet by 175 feet?

Why are there 9 square feet in 1 square yard