Question

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is about 556 ft. tall. A three-dimensional puzzle of the Washington Monument is 24 in. tall. What is the ratio of the height of the puzzle to the height of the real monument?

Answer 1

Set up a ratio. But first convert the height of the puzzle to feet so we are comparing the same unit of measure.


STEP 1
convert 24 inches to feet

12 inches= 1 foot

24 inches= 2 feet


STEP 2
set up ratio.

= 2 feet/556 feet or 2:556
simplify both by 2

= 1 ft/278 ft or 1:278


ANSWER: 1/278 or 1:278 (can be written either way)

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