Question

A football field is 360 feet long. The titanic was 883 feet. About how many football fields long was the titanic? Write your answer as a whole number and a decimal

Answer 1

Given:

The length of the football field = 360 feet

The length of the titanic = 883 feet

To find:

About how many football fields long was the titanic?

Solution:

We have,

Length of the football field = 360 feet

Length of the titanic = 883 feet

Now we need to divide the length of the titanic by length of the football field to find the number of football fields whose length is equal to the titanic.

`\text{Number of required football fields}=\frac{\text{Length of the titanic}}{\text{Length of the football field}}`

`\text{Number of required football fields}=(883)/(360)`

`\text{Number of required football fields}=2.452777...`

`\text{Number of required football fields}=2.452\overline{7}`

`\text{Number of required football fields}\approx 2`

Therefore, the answer in whole number is 2 and the answer in decimal is
`2.452\overline{7}`.