Question

In a vertical jumping contest, Katejumped 62 inches, Lily jumped 5feet 6 inches, and Mya jumped 1yard, 2 feet, and 3 inches. Whojumped the highest and what wastheir height in inches?

Answer 1

Let's convert Lily units first, we have

$5\text{ feet 6 inches}$

Let's transform it into inches, we know that 1 foot = 12 inches, therefore 5 feet = 60 inches, therefore Lily jumped

$5\text{ feet 6 inches = 60 + 6 inches = 66 inches}$

Lily jumped 66 inches

Now let's do the same with Mya, we know that 1 yard = 3 feet but we also know that 3 feet = 46 inches, then 1 yard = 48 inches. 2 feet is very easy to convert, it's 24 inches, then the conversion will be

$1\text{ yard + 2 feet + 3 inches = 46 inches + 24 inches + 3 inches = 73 inches}$

Therefore we have

$\begin{gathered} \text{ Kate - 62 inches} \\ \text{ Lily - 66 inches} \\ \text{ Mya - 73 inches} \end{gathered}$

As we can see, Mya jumped the highest.