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The Qutab Minar is 72 meters high. About how many meters high is your classroom? Guess how many rooms, one on top of the other, will be equal to the Qutab Minar. Explain how you made a guess. - Mathematics

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The Qutab Minar is 72 meters high.

  1. About how many meters high is your classroom?
  2. Guess how many rooms, one on top of the other, will be equal to the Qutab Minar.
  3. Explain how you made a guess.
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Solution

  1. My classroom is about 3 metres high.
  2. The height of Qutub Minar = 72 m
    Number of rooms one of the tops of the other
    = `"Height of Qutub Minar"/"Height of one room"`
    = `(72" m")/(3" m")`
    = 24 m.
  3. I made a guess on the basis of the height of my classroom.
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