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How high can insects fly? The Empire State Building is 1,450 feet high. Insects have flown up to 2,250 feet higher than the Empire State Building. How high can insects fly? |
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How high can insects fly? The Empire State Building is 1,450 feet high. Insects have flown up to 2,250 feet higher than the Empire State Building. How high can insects fly? |
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Well, no doubt this is an addition problem. Why? Because we measure the height from the up, right? So an insect trying to establish a world record, should start on the ground, then fly past the of the Empire State Building which is at the height of feet and continue from there for another feet covering in all the total of 1,450 + 2,250 feet. The insect world record is then feet.
References
- E. Charlesworth, 225 Fantastic Facts Math Word Problems, Scholastic, 2001
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