Question
A swimming pool is 50 meters long. Jamie swam 60 lengths of the pool in one week. How many kilometers did she swim?I'm not sure how to do this.
50 x 60 = 3,000
50 x 60 = 3,000
Answers
Ms. Sue
So far, so good. She swam 3,000 meters.
1 km = 1000 meters
So how many kilometers did she swim?
1 km = 1000 meters
So how many kilometers did she swim?
Whitt
3 km
Whitt
3,000 km
Ms. Sue
Which is it? 3 km or 3,000 km?
Whitt
No the answer is 3 km
Ms. Sue
Right. She swam 3 km.
Whitt
Thank You for the help!
Ms. Sue
You're very welcome.