The distance from Seattle to Miami is 3300 miles. Each of William's steps measures to about 2 feet long. Estimate the amount of steps it would take William to walk from Seattle to Miami

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anonymous · Answer

There are 5280 feet in a mile.
It says "estimate" so lets not worry about being exact.
How many steps to walk one mile? That'll be 5280 divided by 2.
Easy to do in your head: Thats 2640 steps
How many steps in 3300 miles? That'll be 3300 x 2640
ehhh.  lets just multiply 3000 by 3000
(3300 is more than 3000 2640 is less....so it should be in the ballpark)
that's 9,000,000 steps