IXL | Multi-step problems with customary unit conversions

Brody thinks his pet goldfish, Finn, might be lonely. So, Brody buys another goldfish to keep Finn company. He also buys a large 10-gallon tank so the two fish can swim together. If Finn currently lives in a 2-quart fish bowl, how many times bigger is his new tank than his old bowl?

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Nathan is on the diving team at school. The platform he uses is about 5 yards above the pool. On his best dive, he jumps an extra foot in the air before doing a flip. How many feet is he above the pool at the highest point of his jump?

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key idea

There are 3 feet in 1 yard.

solution

You need to find how many feet Nathan is above the pool at the highest point of his jump. But first, you need to know how many feet high his diving platform is.

There are 3 feet in a yard, so multiply 5 yards by 3.

Nathan's diving platform is 15 feet above the pool. He jumps an extra foot in the air. So Nathan is one more than 15, or 16

feet,

above the pool at the highest point of his jump.

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