A dime has a diameter of about 18 millimeters. About how many millimeters long would a row of 34 dimes be?
It's hard to line them up exactly straight, with all of their centers
in a straight line. It's much easier if you line them up on the floor
against a wall.
If you had 34 in a perfectly straight line, then the row would be
(34) times (18 millimeters) = 612 millimeters long .