Larry and Tom were standing next to each other in the backyard when Tom challenged Larry to guess how tall he is. Larry knew his own height is 6.5 feet, and when they measured their shadows, Larry’s shadow was 8 feet long and Tom’s was 7.75 feet long. What is Tom’s height? Round to the nearest tenth.

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?

Ted made a scale drawing of the Statue of Liberty which has an actual height of 305 feet. He decides to use a scale in which 1 inch represents 25 feet. What is the height in inches of Ted’s drawing?

John and Mike are trying to determine the length of the staircase they will need for a deck that is 12 feet high. They want to start the stairs 21 feet from the deck. How long will the stairs be in length? Round to the nearest thousandth if necessary

The dimensions of the The Starry Night are 29 inches tall by 36 inches wide.  Chloe would like to paint a replica of The Starry Night to scale on her wall.  She’d like her wall painting to be 54 inches wide.  How tall will her wall painting be? Answer:   Work:

Marshall's math certificate is 7 inches tall and 12 inches wide. Marshall wants to put the certificate in a fancy frame that costs $4.00 per inch. How much will it cost to frame Marshall's math certificate?

Ms. Reece's 5th grade class wants to figure out how tall the school flagpole is. On a sunny day, the class goes outside and measures that the shadow of the flagpole is about 23 feet, 3 inches long. At the same time, Juan's shadow is 5 feet, 2 inches long. Juan is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. Determine the (approximate) height of the flagpole using a method that the children in Ms. Reece's class could find plausible. Express your answer in feet and inches. The children know about multiplication and division, but they don't know any more advanced mathematics, such as setting up proportions, so you can't use proportions to do this.

A stake 96 feet high casts a shadow 21 feet long at the same time that a tree casts a shadow 34 feet long. What is the height of the tree (to the nearest foot)?