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9-14.

Express eachlength below in the specified unit.

Hint

It is important to remember that $12$ inches are equal to one foot and $3$ feet are equal to one yard.
How can this help you convert the units?

$1\frac{1}{2}$ feet is _____ inches.
Hint (a):
Knowing the information provided above, can you find how many inches are in half of a foot? It may be easiest to use addition to solve this problem

$6$ inches is _____ feet.
Hint (b):
If $12$ inches is one whole foot, how much of a foot is $6$ inch

$\frac { 3 } { 4 }$ feet is _____ inches.
Hint (c):
$\text{How many inches are in }\frac{1}{4} \text{ feet?}\\ \text{ Try finding this first.}$
Answer (c):
$\text{There are }9\text{ inches in }\frac{3}{4}\text{ feet and }\\(3\text{ inches in }\frac{1}{4}\text{ feet}).$

$27$ inches is _____ feet.
Hint (d):
If $24$ inches are in $2$ feet, how many inches would be left in this conversion?

$7$ yards is _____ feet.
Hint (e):
If each yard is $3$ feet, how many feet should be in $7$ yards? Try drawing a diagram.

$42$ inches is _____ feet.
Hint (f):
How many groups of $12$ inches fit into $42$ inches?
How many inches will be left?
Answer (f):
$\text{ There are }3\frac{1}{2}\text{ feet in }42\text{ inches}.$

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