Question

Jebb is the tallest player on the basketball team. He is 1 1/2 times as tall as the shortest girl in the sixth grade, who is 4 1/4 feet tall. How tall is Jebb?

Answer 1

mutiply the numbers to get how tall jebb is

Answer 2

So to get this, we multiply 4 1/4 by 1 1/2 because he is 1 1/2 times taller than her. 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 = 6 3/8 feet tall.
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