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Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
Yards, furlongs, inches, cubits, chains and barleycorns are all imperial measures of length.
There are 220 yards in a furlong and 36 inches in a yard. There are 44 cubits in a chain and 54 barleycorns in a cubit. 1 furlong is the same as 10 chains.
How many barleycorns are the same length as 1 inch?
This problem is adapted from the World Mathematics Championships
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.
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