Question

joe has a 6 foot long board. he needs to cut it into 15 equal length parts. how many feet long should each section of the board be?

Answer 1

15 pieces divided by 6 ft. because they are six feet long so your answer would be 2.5

Answer 2

15 divided by 6 = 2.5 so to check your answer add 2.5 15 times