Ivan has a piece of lumber 104 inches long. He is sawing it into 12-inch lengths to make fence posts. He says he can get about 9

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rewona [7]

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Ivan has a piece of lumber 104 inches long. He is sawing it into 12-inch lengths to make fence posts. He says he can get about 9

fence posts out of the board.

Mathematics

1 answer:

Olegator [25] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-20T22:33:06+03:00

Assuming the question is what Ivan is saying possible the answer is no based on multiplication. He could get at most 8 12-inch fence posts.

12 x 8 = 96 leaving him 8 more inches of board.
12 x 9 = 108 meaning he would need 4 more inches of lumber to make his last fence post uniform with the rest.