Question

uhammad, a shipping and receiving clerk, uses 1 yard, 2 feet, 4 inches of twine to wrap each carton he packs. He has to pack 29 cartons today. How much twine will he need? Convert the answer to larger units whenever possible.

Answer 1

Answer

Find out the how much twine will he needs to pack 29 cartons today .

To proof

As given

uhammad, a shipping and receiving clerk, uses 1 yard, 2 feet, 4 inches of twine to wrap each carton he packs.

As given in the question

Convert the answer to larger units .

As between  yard is the largest unit between yard, feet and inches.

$1 inches = \frac{1}{36} yard$

and

$1 feet = \frac{1}{3} yard$

Convert 2 feet into yard

$=\frac{2}{3}$

Convert 4 inches into yard

$= \frac{4}{36}$

twine to wrap each carton packs

$= 1 + \frac{2}{3} + \frac{4}{36}$

L.C.M of (3 , 36) = 36

than the equation becomes

$=\frac{36 +2\times 12 + 4}{36}$

$= \frac{64}{36}$

=1.77777778 yard

Now twine to wrap pack 29 cartons  = 29× 1.77777778

                                                             = 51.5555556 yard

Now twine to wrap pack 29 cartons is 51.55 yard ( approx)

Hence proved