Question

Joseph needs 12 pieces of lumber to make a toy box. He has 10 feet of lumber. He is going to cut them into 2/4 feet equal lengths. Will Joseph have enough to make the box

Answer 1

Joseph has enough pieces to make the box

Solution:

Joseph needs 12 pieces of lumber to make a toy box

He has 10 feet of lumber. He is going to cut them into 2/4 feet equal lengths

From given information,

Total feet of lumber = 10 feet

Length of 1 piece = $\frac{2}{4} \text{ feet}$

Therefore, number of pieces that can be cut from total feet of lumber is found by dividing the total feet by length of 1 piece

$\text{Number of pieces} = \frac{\text{total feet of lumber}}{\text{length of 1 piece}}$

Substituting the values we get,

$\text{Number of piece} = \frac{10}{\frac{2}{4}}\\\\\text{Number of piece} = 10 \times \frac{4}{2}\\\\\text{Number of piece} = 20$

Thus he will get 20 pieces of equal length

Joseph needs 12 pieces of lumber to make a toy box. So he has enough pieces to make the box