Question

Jillian has a rope that is 50 inches long. Write the length of her ropes in feet and inches. Explain how you converted the units of measurements

Answer 1

Answer:

50 inches = 4 feet 2 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Jillian has a rope that is 50 inches long. We are asked to write the length of rope in feet and inches.

Since we know that 1 feet equals to 12 inches. So let us find the greatest multiple of 12 from 50.

Multiples of 12 are: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60,...

We can the greatest multiple of 12 in 50 is 48 and 12 times 4 is 48.

$\text{The number of feet}=\frac{48}{12}=4$

Now let us subtract 48 from 50 to find the number of inches.

$\text{The number of inches}=50-48=2$

Therefore, Jillian has a rope that is 4 feet and 2 inches long.