Question

Paraceratherium was the biggest land mammal there has ever been. It lived about 35 million years ago and was 8 m tall and 11 m long. It looked like a giant rhinoceros but had a long neck like a giraffe. About how tall was Paraceratherium in feet? Use the conversion factor 1 ft. = 0.3048 m. Round to the nearest tenth where necessary.

Answer 1

Tall: 26.25 feet

Long: 36.09 feet

Answer 2

Height of Paraceratherium = 26.2 ft

Explanation:

Paraceratherium was the biggest land mammal there has ever been. It lived about 35 million years ago and was 8 m tall and 11 m long.

We need to find height of Paraceratherium in feet.

We have height of Paraceratherium = 8 m

We have conversion factor

1 ft. = 0.3048 m

That is

1 m = 3.2808 ft

Height of Paraceratherium = 8 m = 8 x 3.2808 = 26.2 feet

Height of Paraceratherium = 26.2 ft