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- A track is 100 meters long. How long is it in feet?
- If the speed limit is 70 miles per hour, what is it in kilometers per hour?
- Some farmland covers 2.4 square kilometers. How many square miles is it?
- Convert the volume of a compost pile, 1 cubic yard, to cubic meters.
- A man is 1.88 meters tall. How tall is he in feet?
- How many miles is a 10-kilometer race?
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