elephant is about 3 feet tall when it’s born. How much will the elephant have to grow to be 12 feet tall as an adult?

You are installing a wood fence.  The fence is 120 feet long.  East wood slat to be installed vertically, is 3 3/4 inches wide.  What is the total cost of the wood slats if each slat costs $1.40?

A rug is 5 yards long and 4 yards wide. What is the area of the rug in square yards? What is the area of the rug in square feet? Show two different ways to solve this problem. Explain each case.

If you had a gallon of water and you poured it into a cube shaped box that would fill the box perfectly, how long would one side of the box be in inches?

Joshua is 137.6 cm tall on his 11th bithday. Over the past four years, he has grown 3.8 cm, 4.4 cm, 6.1 cm, and 5.2 cm. How tall was Joshua on his 7th birthday? Explain your reasoning.

A student has test scores of 68%, 73%, and 83% in a government class. What must she score on the last exam to earn a B (80% or better) in the course? % or better Additional Materials еBook

If you cut 9 and 7/16 inches off the of an 8 foot piece, how long do you have left

A baby dragon is 1 3/4 feet long when it hatches. Its' mother is five times as long. How long is the mother dragon?

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"?

A bakery sells 79 1/4 pounds of baked goods each day. If they triple their sales the next day, how many pounds would they sell?