Question

You work for the city recreation department, which is hosting a 5 kilometer run/walk next week. Your coworker measured the course and found that it is only 4.75 kilometers long. He asks you to move the finish line forward 0.25 kilometers. Your tape measure is marked in feet and inches. What is the distance he has asked you to move the finish line, to the nearest foot?

Answer 1

We have to convert the distance of 0.25 kilometers into feet. First, we convert 0.25 kilometers into meters. Since 1 kilometer has 1000 meters, we multiply 0.25 km by 1000 m/km to get 250 m. Next, 1 foot has 0.3048 m, so we divide the 250 meters by 0.3048 m/ft to get the number of feet, which is 820.21 ft.