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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 27mins
If a 18 ft tall adult giraffe casts a 9 ft long shadow,
then how tall is an adult elephant that casts a 5 ft shadow
(a)
A 6 ft tall baby giraffe standing next to a car casts an 8 ft shadow.
If the car is 3 ft tall, then how long is its shadow?
(a)
At the same time, a 6-foot person casts a 2-foot shadow, and a nearby flagpole casts a 10-foot shadow. How tall is the flagpole?
(a)
A tree is 72 feet tall and has a shadow that is 12 feet long. A nearby tree has a shadow of 5 feet. How tall is the tree?
(a)
To find the height of a very tall pine tree, you place a mirror on the ground and stand where you can see the top of the pine tree. How tall is the tree?
(a)
Find the height of the light pole.
(a)
A power pole 10 m tall casts a shadow 8 meters long, at the same time that a building nearby casts a shadow 20 m long. How tall is the building?
(a)
A gate casts a shadow that is 5 ft long. A nearby cactus is 9 ft tall and casts a shadow that is 15 ft long. What is the height of the gate?
27 ft
3 ft
12 ft
45 ft
Christine uses the mirror method to find the height of a water slide at a theme park. She places the mirror 36 ft from the base of the slide and 4.5 ft from her feet. Christine is 5.25 ft tall. Find the height of the water slide
42
24
36
28
The lead statue of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C., casts a 43.5 inch shadow at the same time a nearby tourist casts a 32-inch shadow. If Kam is 64 inches tall, how tall is the lead statue?
78 in
56 in
93 in
87in
Lydia's jeep is 6.5 ft tall car parked next to an adult elephant casts a 33.2 ft shadow. If the adult elephant casts a shadow that is 51.5 ft long then how tall is it?
12.2 ft
9 ft
10.1 ft
18.1 ft
A basketball hoop in Callie’s backyard
casts a shadow that is 8 feet long. At the
time Callie cast a show that is 4.5 feet long.
If Callie is 5.5 feet tall, how tall is the
basketball hoop? Round to the nearest tenth.
10.0 ft
9.8 ft
11.77 ft
12ft
A lamp post casts a shadow that is 15 ft long. A 3-foot-tall mailbox casts a shadow that is 5 feet long. How tall is the lamppost?
(a)
A building casts a shadow that is 420 meters long. At the same time, a person who is 2 meters tall casts a shadow that is 24 meters long. How tall is the building?
(a)
A 6 ft tall woman is standing next to a baby giraffe and she casts a 3 ft shadow.
If the baby giraffe casts a shadow that is 4 feet long, how tall is it?
(a)
