Question

Building an A - frame dog house. Your club has decided to build and sell dog houses for a fundraising project. You found this dog house a set of plans by searching the net.
side 1= 45 1/4 in
side 2= (Gusset plate)
5 3/4 in high
3 1/3 in base
corner of side 2= 2 inches thick
side 3 (floor plate)= 37 1/4 in

A customer has offered to pay extra if you will make one half the size called for in the plans. Take each of the 5 measures shown in the drawing and find half of the measure. Show your work to get full credit!

Answer 1

either divide by 2 or multiply by 1/2:

side 1= 45 1/4 in  = 45.25 /2 = 22.625 =  22 5/8
side 2= (Gusset plate)  = ?
5 3/4 in high  = 5.75/2 = =2.875 = 2 7/8
3 1/3 in base 3.33/2 = 1.66 = 1 2/3
corner of side 2= 2 inches thick = 2/1 = 1
side 3 (floor plate)= 37 1/4 in = 37.25/2 = 18.625 = 18 5/8

Answer 2

Turn everything into decimal form, then divide by 2.
To turn into decimal divide the numerator by the denominator, and leave the whole number as it is.
For slide 1

45.4/2=22.6

For side 2

Gusset plate is 1....
take 5.75 and divide it by 2 =2.875
Take 3.333/2 = 1.6665
Corner of side is 1 and 1 inch thick

for side 3
37.4 divided by 2 = 18.7