Question

1) Gracie has a piece of wood that is 5 feet long to use for two projects. She uses 2 feet of the wood on her first project. Which statement describes how a number line can be used to find the length of wood Gracie has remaining for her second project? * Start at 5 and then move left 2 Start at 5 and then move right 2 Start at 2 and then move left 5 Start at 2 and then move right 5

Answer 1

Answer:

Start at 5 and then move left 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Length of a piece of wood with Gracie = 5 feets

Length of a piece of wood used on the first project = 2 feets

To find: statement that describes how a number line can be used to find the length of wood Gracie has remaining for her second project

Solution:

The statement that describes how a number line can be used to find the length of wood Gracie has remaining for her second project is

Start at 5 and then move left 2

In this way $5-2=3$

That is Gracie has now 3 feets of wood available that can be used for her second project.