Question

You have a rope that is five feet long. You cut four inches from it. How long is the rope now?

Answer 1

56 inches/4 feet 8 inches

Explanation:

Since we are cutting inches from this, we should convert the original rope length (5ft) to inches.

1 foot = 12 inches

5 feet = 60 inches

Now, we subtract 4 inches from the original:

60-4

=56

So, the rope is now 56 inches, or 4 feet 8 inches.

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

Recall,

12 inch makes 1 foot

Note : The rope is 5 feet therefore remove 4 inch from 1 feet

= 1 foot - 4 inch

= 8 inch

Now add the remaining 4

This becomes 4 feet + 8 inch