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1. The Willis Tower previously known as The Sears Tower in Chicago is about 1,460 feet tall. If you took an elevator 34 the way up the tower, how far from the ground would you be in feet?

2. During a canned food drive, items were sorted into bins. The drive resulted in 3/4 of a bin of soup, 3/4 of a bin of vegetables, and 3/4 of a bin of pasta. Altogether, how many bins would the canned food take up?

3. Dave bought a package of 4 chocolate cookies. Each cookie weighed 0.5 ounces. How much did the 4 cookies weigh all together?

4. The Australian Cockroach measures 3.582 centimeters compared to the American Cockroach that measures 3.576 centimeters. Compare these numbers using >, <, or =.

5.There are 165 children taking swimming lessons at the pool. If 10 children will be assigned to each instructor, how many instructors need to be hired?

6. There are 5 types of grains of sand: coarse, very coarse, medium, fine and very fine. A grain of coarse sand can have a diameter of 0.716mm.   Write three numbers that are greater than 0.716mm from least to greatest?

Solution

1)Tower is about 1,460 feet tall.

you took an elevator 34 the way up the tower

distance from the ground =( 34)*1460

distance from the ground =1095 feet

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2)The drive resulted in 3/4 of a bin of soup, 3/4 of a bin of vegetables, and 3/4 of a bin of pasta

Altogether, number of bins would the canned food take up =( 34)+( 34)+( 34)

Altogether, number of bins would the canned food take up =( 94)

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3)Dave bought a package of 4 chocolate cookies. Each cookie weighed 0.5 ounces

weight of 4 cookies all together =4*0.5

weight of 4 cookies all together =2 ounces

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4)The Australian Cockroach measures 3.582 centimeters compared to the American Cockroach that measures 3.576 centimeters

3.582>3.576

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