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A teacher needs 70 lengths of string cut to 40cm each. If balls of string are 10 m long, how many balls will be needed.

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Answer:

3

Explanation:

A ball is 10 meters. Since 100 centimeters are in a meter, each ball has 100*10 = 1000 centimeters.

The teacher needs 70 strings each 40 centimeters. The total amount they need is 70*40 = 2800 centimeters.

Since a ball has 1000 centimeters, 2800 centimeters will need 3 balls for a total of 3000 centimeters.

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