Question

The height of a room is 8 feet and 2 inches. If Maria is 64 inches tall, what is the distance from the top of her head to the ceiling?

Answer 1

34 inches

Explanation:

Convert the height of the room into inches
`8 "ft" +2"in"=96 "in"+2"in"=98"in"`

Subtract out Maria's height:
`98" in"-64" in"=34" in"` from top of Maria's height to ceiling