Question

Jacob is cutting yarn for a craft project. He needs pieces of yarn that are 12 inches long, but he only has a ruler marked with centimeters. Luckily, he remembers that there are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. How many centimeters long should Jacob's pieces of yarn be?

Answer 1

Answer:

30.48 centimeters

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that:

2.54 cm = 1 inch

To find how many centimeters are in 12 inches, you should:

2.54 x 12 = 30.48

So Jacob’s pieces of yarn should be 30.48 centimeters long.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Jacobs pieces of yarn should be 38.7 centimeters long