Question

The teacher in item 10 also needs to order plastic tubing. If each of the 60 students need 750 mm of tubing, what length of tubing in meters should the teacher order?

Answer 1

45 m. If each student needs 750 mm of tubing, the teacher should order 45 m of tubing.

a) Find the length in millimetres

Length = 60 students x (750 mm tubing/1 student) = 45 000 mm tubing

b) Convert millimetres to metres

Length = 45 000 mm tubing x (1 m tubing/1000 mm tubing) = 45 m tubing