Measurement

Joan went fishing. On the first cast she hooked a fish 80m from the boat. Each time she reeled in
10m of line, the fish would take out 5m. How many times did she have to reel in to get the fish to the
boat?



The Area of a rectangular paddock is 200m. What possible lengths could the sides be? Which
dimensions for the paddock would use the least amount of wire to fence them off?
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Area=200m
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A Builder has a length of timber that is 4m long. The piece of timber he needs to be 2456mm long.
How much does he to cut off so that the piece of timber will fit?



If a car is travelling at 20m per second. How fast will they be going in kilometres per hour? Would it
take the car more or less than 2hrs to travel more than 200km?



Google the distance between the Cairns and Brisbane. What is the distance in metres? How fast
would a car be going if it reached Cairns from Brisbane in 15.5 hours?



Google the distances between the different capital cities of Australia and find out which two cities
are the furthest apart and which are the closest together.