Question

A new pencil is 19 centimeters long. Levi uses it for a month. The pencil now measures 8 centimeters.

Answer 1

Answer:

11 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Length of new pencil = 19 cm

Length of pencil after using a month = 8 cm

Question asked:

The pencil is centimeters shorter now than when it was new = ?

Solution:

Length of new pencil = 19 cm

Length of pencil after using a month =  8 cm

The pencil is centimeters shorter now than when it was new = 19 cm -  8 cm

                                                                                                     = 11 cm

Length of pencil has been used during a month = 11 cm