Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Measurement #3

A news report about lottery winnings stated, "Saturday's $43 million Lotto Jackpot equals a trail of $1 bills that would stretch 4100 miles, from New York City to San Francisco and back to Glacier National Park in Montana."

A.) A $1 bill is about 6 inches long. How many $1 bills are needed to make a trail 1 mile long? Explain your strategy VERY CLEARLY using words AND numbers.

B.) How many $1 bills are needed to make a trail 4100 miles long? Explain your strategy VERY CLEARLY using words AND numbers.

Total Pts: 10 (5 per question - 2 for correct answer, 3 for strategy explained VERY CLEARLY)

47 comments:

Anonymous said...

A)1mile=5,280feet and knew that it takes 12inches to make a foot
2$=1ft/5,280x2=answer
answer=10,560feet
B)for this I took 10,560x4,100=answer
answer=43,296,000bills

Anonymous said...

5280(feet in a mile)/6inches= 880 dollar to make 1 mile long

4100 miles/6inches=683dollar bills

Anonymous said...

A)1 mile=5280feet. 5280 divided by 6 inches long= 880 dollar bills are needed to to make a mile long trail.

B)4100 miles divided by 6 inches=683 dollar bills are needed to make a 4100 mile long trail.

Anonymous said...

The answer to number one is 10560 because it is only 6 inches so you take taht times two to equal 12 what is a foot
the answer for number two is two is 22176000 because you takes one mile or 5280 time two and then times 4100 and then taht is the answer

Austen Iverson-South Dakota said...

a.)10,560 1 dollar bills are needed to stretch 1 mile long. Because 6 inches is 1/2 foot, take 5,280 x2 for feet in mile, times 2 because 6 in. is only 1/2

b.)43,296,000 dollar bills, because 4,100 miles x 5280 for feet in mile, times 2 because 1 dollar is 6 inches, and you get that answer.

Anonymous said...

A.5280 feet in a mile. / by 6 in ches for the dollar bills= 880 dollar bills.
B.then take the total number of dollar bills and x by 4100miles to get the 3,608,000 dollars needed.
C.

Anonymous said...

a)880 bills you take 5280 ft times 12 inches to get the 63360 inches in a mile and divid that by the 6 inches in a dollar bill to get the answer

b) 43296000 take 5280 ft per mile times 4100 miles to get the answer of 21648000 ft times 12 in to get how many inches in 4100 miles to get 259776000 inches divided by 6 inches in a bill to get 43296000 as an answer

Anonymous said...

A.You take 2 dollar bills multiply 5,280ft. = 10,560 dollar bills, You take 2 multiply 5280 because 6 dollar bills is half of 12 inches so you take 2 to get 12.
B. You take 10,560 multiply 4,100 = 43,296,000

B. You take 10,560 multiply 4,100 = 43,296,000

Anonymous said...

A.)333.33... I got this answer by divideing 2000(1 mile)by 6 (length of a dollar)to get my answer of 333.33....(it goes on).

B.)1366666.66..... I got this answer by multiplying 4100 by 2000 and dividing the answer by 6 to get the answer to B.

Anonymous said...

a. Since each $1 bill is about 6 inches that would mean that there is 2 $1 bills in 1 foot. because there is 12 inches in one foot.
10,560!There is 5280 feet in one mile i multiplied 2(how many bills there are in on e foot.) by 5280(how many feet there is in 1 mile)=10,560.

b.43,296,000 dollar bills! There is 4100 miles and 10,560 dollar bills in 1 mile. I simply multiplied 4100(how many miles it takes from new york to san francisco to glacier national park) by 10,560 (since that is how many dollar bills there are in one mile)which would come to 43,296,000dollar bills.

Anonymous said...

A. First, you divide 5280 feet (1 mile) bye 6 inches and get 880 dolars for a one mile trail.

B. First, you multiply 5280 ft. Times 4100 Miles And get 21,648,000
dollar bills.

Anonymous said...

A.) 10,560, I found out that there are 63,360 inches in one mile. So
I diveded 63,360 by 6 and got my anwser of 10,560.

B.) 43,296,000, I took 4,100 times the number of inches in a mile is 63,360 and that equals 259,776,000. Then I divided 259,776,000 by 6 inches and got 43,296,000

Anonymous said...

a. To find this you have to take 5280 becuase that is how many feet are in a mile. You take 5280 times 2 because the dollar bill equals 6 inches you have to times it by 2 to make a foot or 12 inches. Then you get an answer of 10560 dollar bills to make a mile.

b. To find this you have to take 10560 ( the number of dollar bills per mile.) times 4100( the number of miles). Then you get an answer of 43296000 dollar bill for 4100 miles.

Anonymous said...

you take 5280 divided by six to get 880

you do this because there are 5280 ft in a mile and the dollar bills are 6 inches long

you take 4100 times 5280 to get 21,648,000 divided by 6 which equals 3,608,000 dollars

there are 4100 miles in the trail,and there are 5280 ft in a mile so you mutipl them togethr to get 21,648,000 and then you divide that by six and so you get your answer. you divide it by six because the dollars are six inches long

Anonymous said...

A. I took 5280x12 to see how many inches are in a mile and got 63360 then I divided it by 6 and got 10560.


B.Took 10560x4100 to get 43296000.

Anonymous said...

A. A doller bill is 6 inches and the mile is 5,280 ft the anwers is 31,680 doller bills.
B. the doller bill is 6 inches and i took the anwers 31,680 doller bills times 4,100 and the anwer is1270368000.

Unknown said...

a. 1760 dollar bills, because there is 5,280 feet in a mile then you transfer feet into inches and you get which is 10,560 then you divide that by 6 and you get 1,760
b. 3,608,000 dollar bills, first you transfer 4,100 miles into feet and that = 21,648,000 then you divide that by 6 which equals 3,608,000

Anonymous said...

A]10560; because you take 5280 [the number of feet in a mile] and times that by 2 [because one bill is about six in. and two bills would equal 1 foot] and you get 10560.

B]43296000; because you take 5280 [the number of feet in one mile] and times that by 4100 miles and you get 21648000 feet and you take that times 2 because each bill is 6 in. and two make one foot and you get 43296000.

Anonymous said...

A.) 10,560 inches. Because there are 36,360 inches in a mile and when you divide that by 6 (for 6 inches), you get 10,560 inches.

B.) 43,296,000 dollar bills. Because when you take 10,560 (6 inches in a mile) and multiply it by 4100, you get the number of dollar bills.

Anonymous said...

A.10560 dollar bills because you have to take 5280 times 2 and then you get your answer for how many dollars you will need.

B.43296000 because you take 1056o because that is one mile of dollars and then your take that times 4100 to get your answer on how many dollars there are in 4100 miles.

Anonymous said...

A. 1 mile = 5,280 ft. 12*5280 = 63,360 inches. 63,360/6 = 10,560 dollar bills. I had to convert miles to inches in order for me to divide. 63,360/6. I took those numbers because 63,360in.=5,280 ft. Then I had to divide by 6 because the $1 is 6 in. long.

B. 12*4100 = 49200 inches. 49200/6 = 8200 one dollar bills. I had to convert the same thing just different amount of miles. So I just plugged in the new number. So it will take 8,200 $1 bills.

Anonymous said...

A. 10560 dollar bills
I took 6 times to get 12 because there are 12 inches in a foot
then I took 5280 times 2 to get 10560 dollar bills

B. 43296000 dollar bills
I took 5,280 feet in a mile times 2 to get 10,560
then I took 10560 dollar bills in a mile time 4100 to get 43,296,000 dollar bills

Unknown said...

A. 10,560 $1 bills are needed to make a trail 1 mile long. Because to make 1 foot you have to have 2 $1 bills. So you take 5,280 (number of feet in a mile) times 2 (because it takes two one dollar bills to make a foot) and you get 10,560.

B. 43,296,000 $1 bills are needed to make a trail 4,100 mile long. Because you take 10,560 (the number of bills in a mile) and multiply that by 4,100 (the number of miles) you get 43,296,000 and that would be the number of bills.

Anonymous said...

I don't understand how to do this..
I tried a few ways but I'm sure they're not right.

Anonymous said...

A) 10,560 $1 bills are needed to make a 1 mile trail. To figure out the answer I took $1 X 2, knowing that 12 inches=1 ft. Then, knowing that 1 mi=5,280 ft, I took 5,280 X 2 getting 10,560.

B)43,296,000 $1 bills are needed to make a trail of 4,100 miles. I took the answer from above times 4,100 and got 43,296,000 as an answer.

Anonymous said...

first you take 2*6 and get 12 take that times 5280 and then you get10560. Take 2 divided by 4100 which equals 2050.

Anonymous said...

A.) Take 5,280 (how many feet in a mile) x 12 (how many in. in a foot) = 63,360 then divide by 6 then you get your answer 10,560

B.) Take 4,100 x your answer from A (10,560)= your answer of 43,296,000

Anonymous said...

a.10560 because 6in. is half of a foot, so i took 2x5280 because 5280is how many feet are in a mile.so i got 10560

b.43296000 because i took 10560x4100 because 10560= how many in one mile and 4100 because thats how many miles the trail is.

Anonymous said...

1. It would take about 63,306 ,dollars bills, because since each dollars is about 6in. long you multiply 6 by 2 which will equal 12 and then take 12 times 5,280(since there are 5,280 ft. in a mile) which will get you an answer of 63,360 dollars bills.
2. It would take about 259,776,000 dollars bills to make a trail 4100 mi. long, because we know a dollar bill is about 6 in. long, so you multiply 6 times 2 =12 and then take that times 5280 (since there are 5,280 ft. in a mile) which will equal 63,360 and then take 63,360 by 4100 mi. because there are 63,360 dollars bills to = 1 mile so to get the answer you must times it by 4100 miles to get 259,776,000 dollar bills.

Anonymous said...

10560 dollar bills
43296000 dollar bills

Anonymous said...

A)If the 1 dollor bill is 6 in. there would have to be 2 per foot. So if you muliply 6 times 5280 would equal 31680 miles.

B) So if you multiply 4100 by 6 in. and then divide by 1 which would be the same as the multipacation question. So multiply 4100 times 6 and that equals 24600. And that is the answer for B.

Anonymous said...

1. 63,360 one dollar bills. I took 5,280 x 12 = 63,360
2. 259,776,000 one dollar bills. I took 5,280 x 4,100 = 21,648,000 x 12 = 259,776,000

Anonymous said...

A)you would take 1 mile= 5280 ft and divide it by 6 in and you would get 880 dollsr bills

B) you would take 1 mile- 5208 ft and multiply it by 4100= 21648000 and divide it by 6=36080000

Anonymous said...

A. 9.5 miles because you convert inches to miles.
B. 0.06 miles. because it is basically same method as A.

Anonymous said...

A news report about lottery winnings stated, "Saturday's $43 million Lotto Jackpot equals a trail of $1 bills that would stretch 4100 miles, from New York City to San Francisco and back to Glacier National Park in Montana."

A.) A $1 bill is about 6 inches long. How many $1 bills are needed to make a trail 1 mile long? Explain your strategy VERY CLEARLY using words AND numbers.
1 mile convert it into feet you get 5280ft now multiply that in to inches it is 63360 inches so you would divide that by 6 and you get 10560 and that my friend is the amount of $1 bills it would take to cover a mile.

B.) How many $1 bills are needed to make a trail 4100 miles long? Explain your strategy VERY CLEARLY using words AND numbers.
You take the amount of feet in a mile witch is 10560 and multiply that by 4100 and you would get 43296000 and that is how many $1 bills it would take to cover 4100 miles.

Anonymous said...

A. The answer is 2640 because you would divide 5280 which is how many feet in a mile, by 2 which stands for the 6 inches because 6 times 2 equals 12 and you would get 2640.
B. 683.3 because 4100 divided by 6 equals that.

Anonymous said...

A.)10,560 bills becuase 1 mile equals 5280ft so I took that times 12 and got 63360 and took that divied by 6 and got the anwser.

B.) 683 becuase i took 4100 divied by 6.

Anonymous said...

a. 10560

it take 2 dollars for a foot so 2 x 5280 = 10560

b. 43296000
4100 x 10560 = 43296000

Anonymous said...

A.)First I took 6 time 2 and got 12. There are 12 inches in a foot and 5820 feet in a mile. so I took 5820 times 2 and got an answer of 11640.

B.) To find the answer I will take 11640 times 4100 and got an answer of 47724000.

Anonymous said...

a) 1 MILE = 5280ft 5280x2=10560 dollar bills

b)4100x5280=21648000x2=43926000 dollar bills

Anonymous said...

A) 15,600, you have to times 6 by 2,600 and then divide that by 43

B)

Anonymous said...

A= I took 5,280ft times 2 bills per foot to get 10,560ft.

B= I took 4100ft times 2 billd to get 8200ft.

Anonymous said...

a.) you take 5280 because thats how many feet in a mile and then you times it by 12 because of 12 inc. in a foot and you get 63360

b.) you take 5280 times 4100 because you need to find out inches. and then you take that times 12 and get 259,776,000.

Anonymous said...

A) 1 mile = 5,280 feet = 63,360 inches 63,360/6 = 10,560 $1 bills
I took 1 mile which equals 5,280 feet which equals 63,360 inches divided by 6 inches (the length of the $1 bill) So it takes 10,560 $1 bills to stretch 1 mile.

B) 4,100 miles = 21648000 feet = 259776000 inches 259776000/6= 43296000

I took 4,100 miles and converted it into feet which is 21,648,000 then I converted it into inches which is 259,776,000 then I divided that by the size of the $1 bill which is 6inches. I got 43296000 so it would take 43296000 $1 to stretch 4,100 miles

Anonymous said...

I really dont understand this word problem..........

Anonymous said...

a.5280/6=880
b.4100/6=683.33333333333333333333333333333

I think that is how you do I dont really know I tried to do but it was hard

Jolene said...

Here is my solution:

A. 1 mile = 5280 feet. Each foot would have 2 bills, so 5280x2=10,560

B. 10560 bills in one mile x 4100 miles - 43,296,000 bills.

:-)