1. The thighbone or femur is the longest bone in the body. About 1/4 of a person's height is the length of the feumur. If a person's femur measures 18 inches, about how many feet tall is the person?
2. Over a period of 38 years, beginning in 1884, Sara Winchester built a strange mystery house in San Jose, California. TThe house, at a cost of $5.5 million, eventually had 158 rooms and 40 stairways, some ending in midair. What was the average cost of each room in this house?
3. How many years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock was gold discovered in California?
4. What is the distance in feet from the foul liken to the head pin of a bowling land, if 1/3 of the distance is 240 inches?
5. How many years will it take to spend one million dollars if you spend one hundred dollars each day?
2006-12-07 00:26:41 · 9 answers · asked by DuDe-Is-ThAt-MiCaH 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
1. 18 / 1/4 = 18 x 4 = 72 inches / 12 = 6 feet
2. $5.5 million / 158 rooms = $34,810.13 per room
3. 1849 - 1620 = 229
4 240 / 1/3 = 240 x 3 = 720 inches / 12 = 60 feet
5 $1 million / 100 = 10,000 days / 365 days = 27.397 years
2006-12-07 00:38:12 · answer #1 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I will get you started, but it doesn't help you if we do all of your homework.
1.Multiply 18 inches times 4=72 inches. Then to get your answer in feet you must divide 72 by 12 and you get an answer of 6 feet.
2. They give you a extra information in this one that you don't need to solve the problem. Just divide the cost of the house by the number of rooms and you will get the average cost of each room.
3. Subtract the year the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock from the year gold was discovered in California and you will get your answer.
That should get you started.
2006-12-07 00:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. This person is 6 feet tall.
2. The average cost is $34,810.13
3. The pilgrims landed in 1620 and gold was discovered in 1848 that makes 228 years.
4. The distance in feet is 60.
5. It would take you 27 years, 4 months and 27 days to spend the money.
2006-12-07 03:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by jake_deyo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. 4 x 18 inches = 71 inches = 6 feet
2. $5,500,000 / 158 = $34,810.13
3. 1848 - 1620 = 228 years
4. 3 x 240 inches = 720 inches = 60 feet
5. 1,000,000 x 1 year / 365.25 days x 1 day / $100 = 27.38 years
2006-12-07 00:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make it easier, you can times both the numbers by 100 to get rid of the decimal place. so the equation becomes: 350 / 133 now that should be a little easier. you still need to use the long division method. anyway 133 goes into 350 2 times, with a remainder of 84 (84/133) which is 12/19 so the answer is either 2 and 12/19 or 2. 6 (1 decimal place)
2016-05-23 03:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do it urself. but think if 1/3x=240 then u multiple each side of the equation by 3 to get x=??? and when it is 1/3 is 240 the whole is 720 and when they ask u what 1/3 of it is u either multiply my .3333333333333333333333 or divide by 3
2006-12-07 09:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by chowda99@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. 18 *4= 72 1ft=12in 72/12= 6ft tall
2006-12-07 01:49:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. 72
2. $34,810
3. 228 years
4. 60 feet
5. about 23 years
2006-12-07 00:42:04 · answer #8 · answered by employeenumber12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for sharing a bit about what you are learning in school.
Try to calculate the answers yourself or you will not have learned a thing, making it more of a struggle for you to perform well on tests.
2006-12-07 00:35:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋