Question

Amar has a 1.2 metre long piece of wood. He wants to cut it into 3 equal lengths. How long should each piece be in millimetres?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Each pieces would be 400 millimeters.09-May-2019

Answer 2

Answer :

Length of each piece is 400 milli metre

Step-by-step Explanation :

Given : length of piece of wood = 1.2 metre.

The wooden piece needs to be cut into 3 equal parts.

To find : length of each piece ( in mm )= ?

Length of wooden piece = 1.2 metre -------------( given )

Amar wants to cut it into 3 equal pieces,

So ,

Length of each piece = 1.2 / 3 m

= 0.4 metre

We know that,

1 metre = 1000 milli metre

0.4 metre = ? mm

∴ 400mm

Therefore length of each piece is 400 milli metre