102 Answered Questions for the topic Measurement

Measurement

04/20/16

Help measurement question

Please help! Mary has 300com of garden edging. She wants to make a flower bed that is an isosceles triangle. Suppose the equal sides are 90cm long. How long is the third side?  

04/15/16

What is the distance from town A to C?

Town b is 380 km due south of town A. Town C is 460 km due east of town B. What is the distance from town A to town C?
Measurement

04/15/16

Mesurement

If someone has to use 1/4 tablespoons of sea salt for 8 ounces of water, how much sea salt do they use for 3 ounces of water? Show as decimal and fraction.

04/08/16

What is the area of an equilateral triangle with sides of length 1 unit?

Use the Pythagorean theorem to help you determine the are of an equilateral triangle with sides of length 1 unit. 

04/04/16

1 trillion grains of rice?

What are the dimensions of a container that i could use to show my students 1 trillion grains of rice? what familiar object could it be as big as?

How much ribbon for my class?

My class needs 27 pieces of ribbon, each piece 2 feet, 3 inches long. How many yards of ribbon does my class need?
Measurement Math Word Problem

03/22/16

Tiffany cut 5 feet of fabric into three equal pieces. How many inches long was each piece?

Tiffany cut 5 feet of fabric into three equal pieces. How many inches long was each piece?  

03/18/16

a cake mix suggests the use of two 9 inch circular pans for a layer cake or one 13 inch by 9 inch rectangular pan

a cake mix suggests the use of two 9 inch circular pans for a layer cake or one 13 inch by 9 inch rectangular pan for a sheet cake. if the sheet cake is about 2 inches high, how high would you... more
Measurement Algebra Word Problem

03/07/16

Ladder measurement word problem

a 15 ft. ladder is leaning against a wall. if the distance between the base of the ladder and the wall is 3 ft. less than the height of the ladder on the wall, how high up on the wall is the ladder?
Measurement Math Science Pressure

02/25/16

what is the pressure exerted on the bottom of the pool in the deep end if the water is 3m deep and the dimensions are 7.5m x 6m?

 Hi please help me this question is due tomorrow i have no idea what to do! it is math and science calculating the pressure exerted from the bottom of a deep end of a pool.
Measurement

02/20/16

if 45 drops of water equals 1ml, and one ml equals 4mg, how many drops of water equals .5mg?

Having difficulty with measurment

02/18/16

Measurement and similar triangles grade 10 university level math

I dont know what the point is in the question "Darren marked a horizont cut line on the tree 50cm from the ground". The full word problem is "Darren has to cut down a large tree that has become... more
Measurement Pre Algebra

01/13/16

How do you find the surface area to volume ratio of a sphere?

Also, what would the dimensions of my sphere have to be in order to get the lowest possible surface area to volume ratio. (Meaning the volume is high but surface area is low :-) )

01/08/16

HELP HUGE MATH PROJECT

For my math project I have to choose which shape for an ice cube would be best to design- a cube, a sphere or a cylinder. Things I also have to do are: - Find and simplify the... more
Measurement

06/24/15

how far up the tree is the protective collar located? round to the nearest tenth of a foot

a landscaper uses a 13 ft wire to brace a tree. the wire is attached to a protective collar around the trunk of the tree . if the wire makes a 60° angle with the ground
Measurement

06/09/15

calculate surface area of this triangular prism

base- 7.0 cm height- 6.1 cm length- 5.0 cm
Measurement

04/22/15

How many feet of yellow crime scene tape will the police need to block off an area that measures 230 feet long and 87 feet wide?

My choices are: A. 374 ft B. 634 ft C. 784 ft D. 8700 ft
Measurement Surface Area Volume

04/11/15

Please help please

a rectangular has a volume of 16cm3. if one dimension of the prism is tripled, what is the volume of the new prism
Measurement

03/10/15

If $3.50 = 1 pot of paint how much does 7 and 2/5 pots of paint equal in $?

So If 1 pot of paint = $3.50  How much would 7 and 2/5 cost?
Measurement Word Problem Help

01/05/15

Measurement with Speed

Ray and Marlene are driving to work together, when Marlene notices that the speedometer is broken. And to make matters worse, they don't have time to stop and get it fixed. In order to get to work... more
Measurement Fractions

01/05/15

Zoey made 5 1/2 cups of trail mix for a camping tip. She wants to divide the trail mix into 3/4 cup servings.

A)Ten people are going. Can Zoey make enough 3/4 cup servings so that each person on the trip has one serving? B)What size would the servings need to be for everyone to have a serving? C)If... more
Measurement

04/29/14

9 fish and sprawns weigh 6 kg. each fish weigh 628 g. what is the weight of the prawns?

9 fish and some prawns weigh 6 kg. Each fish weigh 628g. Find the weight of the prawns.
Measurement

10/17/13

word problem

Oscar is giving his mother a new acquarium in the shape of a rectuangular prism. He is going to wrap it in colorful wrapping paper. He know that he needs exactly 2,948 square inches of paper to... more

Still looking for help? Get the right answer, fast.

Ask a question for free

Get a free answer to a quick problem.
Most questions answered within 4 hours.

OR

Find an Online Tutor Now

Choose an expert and meet online. No packages or subscriptions, pay only for the time you need.