Answer: The diagram and description that has the rope 144 inches and the pencil 6 inches with the statement "the rope is 24 as long as the pencil" is correct.
Step-by-step explanation: Start by changing feet to inches, 1 foot is equal to 12 inches, so the 12-foot rope is 144 inches long.
When the units of measurement are the same, the comparison is clear.
The diagram is relatively close to the proper scale, so you can see that the rope is much longer than the pencil.
Then you can calculate the ratio. 144:6 = 24:1
This is a division question: 144÷6 = 24. So the rope is 24 times as long as the pencil.
