Question

Mia is building a thee sided shelter for her action figures. The shelter will resemble a rectangle with one of the long size removed she has boards that measure 36 inches 39 inches and 42 inches in length all the boards are the same width will need to convert some of these measurements into other imperial units to build a shelter the way she wants answer the following questions show your work
Question 1: Mia will use one of these boards for the length of the shelter she knows length of the shelter to measure 3.25 feet she will use a different board for the width of the shelter width of the shelter will be shorter than the length which board will use for the length of the shelter given that 1 foot equals 12 inches

Answer 1

To convert 3.25 feet into inches, we multiply by 12 since 1 foot equals 12 inches.
3.25 feet * 12 inches/foot = 39 inches

Therefore, Mia will use the board that measures 39 inches for the length of the shelter.