Question

there are 5,280 feet in 1 mile. which expression can be used to find the number of feet in 4 miles??

A. 5,280 DIVIDED BY 4
B. 5,280 - 4
C. 5,280 + 4
D. 5,280 x 4

Answer 1

1 mile = 5280 feet

4*1 mile = 4*5280 feet ... Multiply both sides by 4.

4 miles = ??? feet

Answer 2

oh you can just stop at line 2 since they don't want the final answer

Answer 3

WAT?? LOL IM SOO CONFUSED!!! WHAT 2 NUMBER DO I MULTIPLY??

Answer 4

i started out with 1 mile = 5280 feet

Answer 5

that's given

Answer 6

then I multiplied both sides by 4

Answer 7

since I want to turn that "1 mile" into "4 miles"

Answer 8

make sense?

Answer 9

what two sides did u multiply??

Answer 10

both sides of 1 mile = 5280 feet

Answer 11

so that basically means you multiply 5280 by 4

Answer 12

to find out how many feet are in 4 miles

Answer 13

ohhhhhh im soooo retarded!!! my brain isn't working today!!!!

Answer 14

you're not retarded, you just need more practice

Answer 15

that's all

Answer 16

ohhhh ok :)

Answer 17

D :)

Answer 18

Think about it this way, if one mile is that four of them would just be adding them together, so a simplier way would be to multiply it by the number of miles you are trying to find.

Answer 19

i got 21,120

Answer 20

that's how many feet are in 4 miles

Answer 21

so that's why your answer is D. 5,280 x 4

Answer 22

so then the answer is D right??

Answer 23

you got it

Answer 24

yay!!