Question

a carpenter is measuring a board with which he is working. because one end of the measuring tape is unreadable, the carpenter places the measuring tape so that one end of the board is at 3 inches and the other is at 15 inches. how long is the board?

Answer 1

12 inches

Explanation:

15 - 3 = 12

The board is 12 inches long.

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A measuring tape is like a number line. To find the distance between two numbers on the number line, you subtract the smaller one from the larger one. The tape measure works the same way. Subtract the number at one end of the board from the number at the other end of the board to find the length of the board.