Question

Paraceratherium was the biggest land mammal there has ever been. It lived about 35 million years ago and was 8 m tall and 11 m long. It looked like a giant rhinoceros but had a long neck like a giraffe. About how tall was Paraceratherium in feet? Use the conversion factor 1 ft. = 0.3048 m. Round to the nearest tenth where necessary.

Answer 1

Answer: The Paraceratherium was about 26.2 feet tall.

The height in feet of the mammal was 8 meters tall. To convert that to feet, we need to use the conversion factor given: 1 ft = 0.3048m

Since we are starting in meters, we need to divide by 0.3048 to see how many feet are in 8 meters.

8 / 0.3048 = 26.2 feet