Question

A school has a new flag that must be flown at last 52 feet high The current flagpole is 14 m tall How many meters taller does the new flagpole need to be? Round to the nearest tenth (One meter is about 3 28 feet)

Answer 1

To start with, convert 52 feet into metres
1 Feet= 0.3048
52 feet= ?
The number of meters= 52*0.3048
The number of meters= 15.8496 metres

The school need to add a further 1.8496 metres