🔍 Key Concepts

• Scope when anchoring (ratio of length of rode to water depth) • Conversion between fathoms and feet, and between shots of chain and feet • How to apply a scope ratio to find total chain length, then convert to shots

💭 Think About

• First, what does a scope of five actually mean in terms of a ratio between chain length and water depth? • How many feet are in one fathom, and how many feet are in one shot of chain? Work those out before touching the answer choices. • Once you know the total feet of chain required, which answer choice gives you a chain length closest to that requirement?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you are using the correct scope ratio (is it 5:1 or something else?). • Double-check the unit conversions: fathoms → feet, and shot → feet, before doing any multiplication. • After calculating the number of shots, ask: does this match one of the choices without rounding incorrectly?