Sheet # 286
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Show your work.
1) How much carpet is needed to cover the floor of a 6.5 m x 12 m room?
2) If a lizard flicks its tongue 2.5 times a second how many times will it flick it in 10 seconds? In 100 seconds?
3) If it takes 11.5 years to get to Mars, how many years would it take to get there and back 20 times?
4) On the average, a Floridian generates 4.3 kg of solid waste every day. How many kilograms of solid waste will a Floridian generate in 4 weeks?
5) If a rocket travels at 18.75 meters per second, how far will it travel in a minute?
Answers for sheet # 286
1) 78 square meters
2) 25 times, 250 times
3) To go back and forth one time, 11.5 x 2 = 23 years. 23 years x 20 = 460 years
4) 4.3 x 28 days = 120.40 kg
5) 1125 meters