Question

Cam has a piece of plywood that is 6 7/8 feet wide. He is going to cut shelves from the plywood that are each 1 1/6 feet wide. Which is the best estimate for the number of shelves Cam can make?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 7

Answer 1

Answer: Cam can make 4 shelves.

Explanation:

Answer 2

C.

Explanation:

So how I would estimate is by see that each piece is going to be 1 and 1/6 but you have 6 and 7/8 feet of plywood so 1 can go into 6 six times but since you got that 1/6 for each piece is lower it down do about 4, so he can make about four. lol