{"id":15953,"date":"2025-06-10T21:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=15953"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:37:40","slug":"a-street-sign-is-89-inches-tall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/a-street-sign-is-89-inches-tall\/","title":{"rendered":"A street sign is 89 inches tall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A street sign is 89 inches tall. How tall is it in feet and inches?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert <strong>89 inches<\/strong> into <strong>feet and inches<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Correct Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7 feet 5 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcdd Explanation (300 words):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert inches to feet and inches, we need to understand the relationship between feet and inches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1 foot = 12 inches<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are given a street sign that is <strong>89 inches tall<\/strong>, and we want to express that in <strong>feet and remaining inches<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd22 Step-by-step Conversion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Divide total inches by 12 (since there are 12 inches in a foot):<\/strong> 89\u00f712=7&nbsp;feet&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;remainder89 \u00f7 12 = 7 \\text{ feet with a remainder}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Multiply 7 feet \u00d7 12 inches\/foot = 84 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now subtract that from the total: 89\u221284=5&nbsp;inches89 &#8211; 84 = 5 \\text{ inches}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, <strong>89 inches = 7 feet and 5 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcd8 Why This Matters:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of conversion is important in fields like construction, interior design, and even nursing (when converting height). Most tools and charts in the U.S. use feet and inches rather than just inches, making it easier to visualize height or length. For example, if someone says a sign is 89 inches tall, it&#8217;s more intuitive to picture <strong>7 feet 5 inches<\/strong> than a random number like 89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca1 Tip:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use a calculator:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Just enter <code>89 \u00f7 12 = 7.4166...<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The whole number (7) is feet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take the decimal part (0.4166&#8230;) and multiply it by 12: 0.4166\u00d712\u22485\u00a0inches0.4166 \u00d7 12 \u2248 5 \\text{ inches}<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So again, <strong>7 feet 5 inches<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The street sign is 7 feet 5 inches tall.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A street sign is 89 inches tall. How tall is it in feet and inches? The correct answer and explanation is: To convert 89 inches into feet and inches: \u2705 Correct Answer: 7 feet 5 inches \ud83d\udcdd Explanation (300 words): To convert inches to feet and inches, we need to understand the relationship between feet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15954,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15953\/revisions\/15954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}