Question

Jerry has 48 inches of string. He cuts the string into 8 inch pieces. The letter y shows how many pieces of string he has.

y□8=48
Which operation would complete the equation to model the problem?

Answer 1

Jerry will have to grow 24 more inches in order to reach his max Hight of 72 inches. If you put this into a inequality it would be 48 plus a number is greater that or equal to 72.

48+X_>72

Answer 2

y = 6 (pieces)

Explanation:

y = (48 inches) / (8 inches per piece) = 6 pieces.

y = 6 (pieces)