Question

A race is 10 kilometer long. Markers will be placed at the beginning and the end of the race course and at each 500 meter mark. how many markers are need to mark the course for the race

Answer 1

20 markers would be needed. This is because there are 1,000 meters in a kilometer, 1,000 x 10 is 10,000 and 10,000 divided by 500 is 20.