Question

You are building a toothpick fort for class. Each wall must be 1 1⁄3 feet long. Each toothpick is 2 inches long. How many toothpicks will it take to make the base length of one wall

Answer 1

1 1/3 feet divided by 2 inches = 8

Answer 2

8 toothpicks

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Each wall must be
`1(1)/(3)` feet long. Each toothpick is 2 inches long.

To find: How many toothpicks will it take to make the base length of one wall.

Solution:

We have, length of toothpick as 2 inches.

Length of wall
`=1(1)/(3)` feet.

Now, first we need to convert the length of wall in inches.

We know that
`1\: \text{feet}=12\:\: \text{inches}`

So,
`1(1)/(3) =(4)/(3)` feet

`(4)/(3)=(4)/(3)*12=16` inches

Number of toothpicks will it take to make the base length of one wall
`=\frac{\text{total length of wall}}{\text{length of each toothpick}}`

`=(16)/(2)`

`=8`

Hence, 8 toothpicks will be needed to make the base length of one wall.