What is greater? 500in or 40 ft
First let's set up a proportion:
1 foot = 12 inches
Ok, now that we setup our proportion lets figure out which one is greater
(please note that y is a variable):
five hundred inches:
y feet= 500/12
y feet = 41.6
Therefore 41.6 feet = 500 inches, and 41.6ft is greater than 40 ft
So 500 inches is greater