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
So far, so good. She swam 3,000 meters.
1 km = 1000 meters
So how many kilometers did she swim?
3 km
3,000 km
Which is it? 3 km or 3,000 km?
No the answer is 3 km
Right. She swam 3 km.
Thank You for the help!
You're very welcome.
To find out how many kilometers Jamie swam, we need to convert the length of the swimming pool from meters to kilometers.
There are 1,000 meters in 1 kilometer.
So, we divide the length of the pool (50 meters) by 1,000 to convert it to kilometers:
50 meters รท 1,000 = 0.05 kilometers
Now, we multiply the length of the pool in kilometers (0.05 kilometers) by the number of lengths Jamie swam (60 lengths):
0.05 kilometers x 60 = 3 kilometers
Therefore, Jamie swam 3 kilometers in one week.