Karen stands on a box and her new height is 1.8 metres.
Karen's actual height is twice that of the box.
What is the height of the box in centimetres?
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Karen stands on a box and her new height is 1.8 metres.
Karen's actual height is twice that of the box.
What is the height of the box in centimetres?
centimetres |
`text(60 cm)`
`text(1.8 metres)` | `= 180\ text(centimetres)` |
`180 ÷ 3` | `= 60\ text(cm)` |
`:.\ text(The height of the box is 60 cm.)`
A hot air balloon is 25.2 metres high.
The length of the balloon section is 21.55 metres.
What is the height of the basket section?
`text(3.65 metres)` | `text(3.75 metres)` | `text(4.55 metres)` | `text(4.65 metres)` |
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`text(3.65 metres)`
`text(Let)\ \ h =\ text(height of basket section)`
`h + 21.55` | `= 25.2` |
`:. h` | `= 25.2 – 21.55` |
`= 25.2 – 22 + 0.45` | |
`= 3.65` |
The number of soccer players in France is 11.67 million.
The number of soccer players in Spain is 7.83 million.
How many more soccer players are in France than in Spain?
million |
`3.84\ text(million)`
`11.67\ text(million) – 7.83\ text(million)`
`=3.84\ text(million)`
5.31 is equal to
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`0.5 + 0.3 + 0.1` |
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`5.0 + 0.3 + 0.1` |
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`5 + 0.3 + 0.01` |
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`5 + 0.03 + 0.01` |
`5 + 0.3 + 0.01`
`5 + 0.3 + 0.01`
`22.5 ÷` | `= 2.25` |
`10`
`22.5 ÷ 10` | `=22.5/10` |
`=2.25` |
Oscar and Patrick both competed in the shot put at their school's athletics carnival.
Oscar's best throw was 5.22 metres.
Patrick's best throw was 4.35 metres.
What was the difference, in centimetres, between their best throws?
centimetres |
`text(87 cm)`
`text(Difference)` | `= 5.22\ text(m) – 4.35\ text(m)` |
`= 522\ text(cm) – 435\ text(cm)` | |
`= 87\ text(cm)` |