JJ. Giant Problems
- Lee Yah is telling a story to her little sister. The story is about a giant and a fifth-grader. In the story, the body of the giant and the body of the fifth-grader are proportional. The fifth-grader is 140 cm tall and her hand is 12 cm long. If the giant's hand is 36 cm long, how tall is the giant?
- The giant has 3 sisters. The first sister is 5/6 as tall as the giant. The second sister is 5/7 as tall as the giant. The third sister is 6/7 as tall as the giant. Which sister is the tallest? How do you know?
- Calculate the heights of the three sisters. Show your work.