Question

Jackrabbits are capable of reaching speeds up to 40 miles per hour. How fast is this in feet per second? (Round to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

There are 5280 feet in a mile
There are 3600 seconds in an hour

to get 40 miles per hour
we multiply 40 by 5280 and divide by 3600

40 * 5280 / 3600

this gets us 58.666666...
but since they want us to round to the nearest whole number, our answer would be 59 feet per second