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MATHEMATICS

An irregularly shaped school yard is to be fenced for construction of track and field additions.

Different individuals measured the sides of the yard. The lengths of the four sides were 73 ft. 3 in.;

1657 in.; 25 yd.2 ft.; and 2959 in. What is the length of fencing needed? Give the answer in feet and

inches.

Express 16.57 feet as feet and inches. Express the inches to the nearest 32

inch.

A piece of conduit 15 ft. 8 ½ in. long is cut into 8 equal pieces. Disregarding waste, what is the length

of each cut piece? Answer in feet and inches to the nearest 16

of an inch.

Seven boards are to be cut from a board 21 ft. 7 in. long. Each cut piece must be 2 ft. 4 in. long.

Each cut results in

in. waste. What is the length of the remaining board?

10.

A particular job requires 26 lengths of pipe of the same diameter. Fourteen of those pipes must each

be 2 ft. 9 inches long. The remaining pipes each need to be 1 ft.7 inches long. What length of pipe is

needed for the entire job? Express the answer in feet and inches.

ANSWERS:

1. 56 Tbsp

5. 13 ft. 2 in.

10. 57 ft. 6 in.

8. 1 ft. 11

in.

2. 17 lb 4 oz

6. 534 ft. 11 in.

3. 8100 s

5 ft. 1

in.

7. 16 ft. 6

in.

4. 2 ft. 9 in.

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