Paula was swimming laps in her new pool. She knew that the pool was 214 inches around, but if she were to go from to one side straight to the other side, how many inches would that be?

Alyssa hiked 15 miles directly north and then 8 miles directly east. From there, she walked diagonal distance back to her starting point. How many total miles did she walk?

Jayda takes 4 hours to deliver 508 newspapers on her paper route. What is the rate per hour at which she delivers the newspapers?

Mrs. Ramon wants to put new plants in her 5 foot by 12 foot flower garden.  She needs to buy baby plants, but when they grow, they take up 6 square feet of space per plant.  How many plants should she buy to cover the entire flower garden?

I think it would be fun to surprise my son on his birthday by filling his entire bedroom with balloons. The volume of his bedroom is 2250 cubic feet, and the volume of an inflated balloon is 1.3 cubic feet. Assuming I filled him entire room with balloons, and there is no leftover space when I'm finished, how many balloons will I need to accomplish this birthday surprise ? Round to the nearest whole number

Mr. Jones wants to fill his rectangular fish tank with water. The fish tank measures 2 feet wide, 6 foot long, and 4 feet high. Mr. Jones only wants the water in the tank to have a height of 3 feet. If he uses a bucket that holds 6 cubic feet of water, how many buckets of water does Mr. Jones need to fill the fish tank to the desired height?