Question

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Answer 1

Answer:

43.25 more feet of rope

Step-by-step explanation:

This is simple once you get the hang of it. They'll try to trick you with the different units of measurement they're using. Here's a key we'll use.

3 ft. = 1 yd. and vice-versa. 1 yd. = 3 ft.

*Since they want the answer in feet, we'll just convert all the given lengths to feet.

1. 2 pieces of rope that are each 16 yards in length...
2. *Since there's two pieces of rope, we'll ignore that for now, and multiply the answer by 2 at the end.
3. 16 yd... Remember? 1 yd. is equal to 3 ft. To convert 16 yds. to feet, multiply by 3.
4. 16(3)=48
5. Remember? There are TWO of these ropes, so we multiply by 2.
6. 48(2)=96
7. For the first given measurement, we have 96 feet of rope.
8. Second, we have ONE piece of rope, that is 12.5 yards in length.
9. Remember? 1 yd. = 3 ft. Multiply 12.5 by 3
10. 12.5(3)=37.5 feet. We have 37.5 feet for the second measurement.
11. For the third, we have ONE piece of rope that is 123.25 FEET in length. Since it's already in feet, no math done here! YAY!
12. However, we're not done. We want to know how many more feet of rope we need for a total of 300 ft.
13. Add up the measurements we have know, since we've already converted them to feet.
14. 96+37.5+123.25=?
15. ?=256.75 feet. We want 300 feet. Subtract 256.75 from 300 to find the answer.
16. 300-256.75=43.25.
17. WE NEED 43.25 FEET OF ROPE