He has 8 ft of wood, and he needs each peice to be 2 ft long. To solve this, we divide 8 ft by 2 ft (this will determine how many 2 ft peices can be cut from 8 ft). 8 ÷ 2 = 4, so this means he can cut four peices of wood to build the doghouse for Chester!
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