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Middle school math (India)

Course: Middle school math (India) > Unit 3

Lesson 6: Week 6
Math
Middle school math (India)
Bridge (7th)
Week 6
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Use of decimals in measurement

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Problem

Ravi is assembling a bookshelf. The second shelf is 33, point, 641, space, start text, m, m, end text above the first shelf. The third shelf is 31, point, 749, space, start text, m, m, end text above the second shelf.
What is the distance between the first and third shelves?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, m, m, end text