Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #10786: Units - Round to the nearest thousandth but answer takes without rounding
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-09 22:45:52+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: suranjithe@gmail.com

An alien rocketship is traveling at a speed of 0.048 miles per second. At this speed, how many feet will it travel in 1 minute? Round to the nearest thousandth.
0.048milessecond⋅52801feetmile⋅601secondsminute
=15,206.400footminute

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[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/units.html?seed=111&problem=english&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2215000%5C%22%22%2C73%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C8%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C12%5D%2C%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%2215206.4%5C%22%22%2C28%5D%5D)

["15000","15206.4"]

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