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An electrician must use 15 miles of electrical cable between electric poles. How many yards of cable will be used?

You work at an auto shop. You have 5 gallons of windshield washer fluid. There are 16 cups in 1 gallon, and 8 fluid ounces in 1 cup. How many fluid ounces of washer fluid do you have?

A craft store has 5 yards and 2 inches of ribbon. The cost of the ribbon is calculated per inch. How many inches of ribbon does the craft store have?

An electrician needs 20 meters and 30 centimeters of cable wire to complete a job. The wire costs $1.75 per meter. How much will the electrician pay for the wire?

A pipe press can produce 360 feet of pipe in 240 minutes. What is the production rate in yards per hour?

You work for a swimming pool company and need to drain a pool to service it. The pipe drains at a rate of 45 liters per minute. If there are 1,000 liters in 1 kiloliter and 60 minutes in 1 hour, how fast will the pool drain in kiloliters per hour?

The speed of a conveyor belt at a rock quarry must be between 2.7 and 3 miles per hour. During one shift, the supervisor calculates the speed of the belt as 240 feet per minute. What action should the foreman take, and why?

A dairy farm’s cows produce 60 gallons of milk in 2 hours. The farm owner wants production to be at least 3 quarts per minute. Based on the farmer’s wishes, what step should take place, and why?