Alex uses the length of his hand to measure the size of his desk. He finds the top of his desk to be about "2.5 hands by 9 hands" in size. Bianca uses her hand and finds the same desk to measure about "4 hands by 14.4 hands" in size. Alex's hand is how many times as long as Bianca's hand?

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Alex uses the length of his hand to measure the size of his desk. He finds the top of his desk to be about "2.5 hands by 9 hands" in size. Bianca uses her hand and finds the same desk to measure about "4 hands by 14.4 hands" in size.

  1. Alex's hand is how many times as long as Bianca's hand?

     times as long   

  2. What is the measure of Alex's hand using Bianca's hand as the "unit ruler"?

       

  3. Bianca's hand is how many times as long as Alex's hand?

     times as long   

  4. What is the measure of Bianca's hand using Alex's hand as the "unit ruler"?

     

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