{"id":184073,"date":"2025-01-18T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=184073"},"modified":"2025-01-18T19:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:32:42","slug":"a-penny-is-about-1-16-of-an-inch-thick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/18\/a-penny-is-about-1-16-of-an-inch-thick\/","title":{"rendered":"A penny is about 1\/16 of an inch thick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A penny is about 1\/16 of an inch thick. 3. The distance from the moon to the earth is about 239,000 miles. How many pennies would need to be in a stack in order to reach the moon? (HINT: 1 foot = 12 Inches, 5280 feet 1mile) Itype your answer here] None <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To calculate how many pennies would need to be stacked to reach the moon, we can use the given information and follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Thickness of a penny: 116\\frac{1}{16} inch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Distance from Earth to the Moon: 239,000 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Conversions:\n
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    • 1\u00a0foot=12\u00a0inches1 \\text{ foot} = 12 \\text{ inches}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1\u00a0mile=5280\u00a0feet1 \\text{ mile} = 5280 \\text{ feet}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \n\n\n\n

      Step-by-Step Solution:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Convert the distance to inches:<\/strong>\n
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        • First, convert miles to feet: 239,000\u00a0miles\u00d75280\u00a0feet\/mile=1,261,920,000\u00a0feet239,000 \\text{ miles} \\times 5280 \\text{ feet\/mile} = 1,261,920,000 \\text{ feet}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Then, convert feet to inches: 1,261,920,000\u00a0feet\u00d712\u00a0inches\/foot=15,142,080,000\u00a0inches1,261,920,000 \\text{ feet} \\times 12 \\text{ inches\/foot} = 15,142,080,000 \\text{ inches}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Determine how many pennies make up this distance:<\/strong>\n
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          • Each penny is 116\\frac{1}{16} inch thick. Therefore, the number of pennies required is: Number\u00a0of\u00a0pennies=Total\u00a0distance\u00a0in\u00a0inchesThickness\u00a0of\u00a0one\u00a0penny\\text{Number of pennies} = \\frac{\\text{Total distance in inches}}{\\text{Thickness of one penny}} Substituting the values: Number\u00a0of\u00a0pennies=15,142,080,000\u00a0inches116\u00a0inch\/penny=15,142,080,000\u00d716\\text{Number of pennies} = \\frac{15,142,080,000 \\text{ inches}}{\\frac{1}{16} \\text{ inch\/penny}} = 15,142,080,000 \\times 16 Number\u00a0of\u00a0pennies=242,273,280,000\u00a0pennies\\text{Number of pennies} = 242,273,280,000 \\text{ pennies}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            To stack pennies from the Earth to the Moon, you would need 242,273,280,000 pennies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            This calculation demonstrates how a seemingly small measurement, such as the thickness of a penny, becomes significant when scaled over astronomical distances like the Earth-Moon distance. The key was to first convert the distance into a common unit (inches), then divide by the thickness of a penny. The result shows the immense quantity of pennies required for such a monumental stack. This exercise emphasizes the power of unit conversions and how tiny objects can add up to large scales over vast distances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            A penny is about 1\/16 of an inch thick. 3. The distance from the moon to the earth is about 239,000 miles. How many pennies would need to be in a stack in order to reach the moon? (HINT: 1 foot = 12 Inches, 5280 feet 1mile) Itype your answer here] None The correct answer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}