Question

Araceli went to doctor’s office. The nurse measured her height as 40 inches. If Araceli needs to be 4 feet to ride an amusement park ride, how many more inches must she grow?

Answer 1

Araceli needs to be 4 feet to ride an amusement park ride, convert first 4 feet into inches.

Recall that 1 feet = 12 inches

`\begin{gathered} 4\text{ ft}*\frac{12\text{ in}}{1\text{ ft}} \\ =4\cancel{\text{ ft}}*\frac{12\text{ in}}{1\cancel{\text{ ft}}} \\ =48\text{ inches} \end{gathered}`

Araceli needs to be 48 inches to ride the amusement park. Since she is currently 40 inches in height, she needs 8 inches more to grow.