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Maya wants to mark a length of 7 inches on a sheet of paper, but she does not have a ruler. She has pieces of wood that are 4 inches, 5 inches and 6 inches long. Explain how she can use these pieces to
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Maya wants to mark a length of 7 inches on a sheet of paper, but she does not have a ruler. She has pieces of wood that are 4 inches, 5 inches and 6 inches long. Explain how she can use these pieces to mark a length of 7 inches?

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She can mark 1 inch using the 6 and 5 inch pieces of wood and use them to add on to the 6 inch piece of wood
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