Question

A carpenter needs to cut a 4.2 m long piece of wood into 3 equal lengths.
How long should each piece be?

Answer 1

Answer:

total length of the wood =4.2m

Divide into 3 pieces.

let the unknown no. be X

Therefore let it be 3x

4.2=3x

4.2/3 = x

1.2 =X

1.2m long each piece.

Answer 2

Answer:

no. of meters of wood=4.2m

no. of pieces required=3

no. of meters each piece =4.2/3=1.4m

each piece measures 1.4m

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