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[pAtRiCk_sTar]

Err...yeah, i need help, NOT THE ANSWER i just want to know if i'm doing this, uhh...correctly :

A regular newspaper measures 60.96 centimeters by 38.1 centimeters. The largest newspaper was the HetVolk, printed in Belgium in 1993. It measured 142 centimeters by 99.5 centimeters. How many times larger was the area of the HetVolk than a regular newspaper?


So this is what i did:
I made two squares:


I. The first square I labeled
38.1 by 60.96, which is the regular
newspaper. I multiplied them to find
the area and got 2322.576

II. The second square I labeled
142 by 99.5, which is the Hetvolk
newspaper, and multiplied to find
the area and got 14139

Then I divided 14139 by 2322.576 and got 14139/2322.576=6.09 (rounded) or ~6
Am i going about this totally wrong....cause I feel this isn't correct

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And I'm not quite sure what i'm to do to figure this problem out:

Write down the positive integers as shown below. Which column will contain the number 500?

**1 2 3
6*5 4
**7 8 9
121110

It's hard to position it...The 6 and 12 should be lined up, the 1, 5, 7 and 11 should be lined up, the 2, 4, 8 and 10 should be lined up and the 3 and 9 should be lined up. I'm confused as to how i figure it out...

[*Azarel*]

I don't get it.
But here's an image to help!
Is this what you mean, Patrick?

[pAtRiCk_sTar]

I don't get it.
But here's an image to help!
Is this what you mean, Patrick?

Exactly! Phew, it was hard to explain it, but that's exactly how it looks

uh..where's everybody getting 60 from? I thought "6 times" was the answer..I don't like these wording problems..but I do believe that you're doing everything correctly

That's good to know, I'm pretty sure that other person is wrong. I kind of thought it over...