Question

Brad and Wes are building a tree house. They cut a 12 1/2 foot piece of wood into 5 of the same length. how long is each piece of wood? show your work

Answer 1

This is what I did
I divided 12.5/5=2.5 and each pieces of wood would be 2.5 FT.

Answer 2

`2(1)/(2)` foot

Explanation:

Brad and Wes cut a
`12(1)/(2)` foot piece of wood into 5 of the same length.

Let length of 1 piece be x

So, Length of 5 pieces = 5x

Total length of wood=
`12(1)/(2)=(25)/(2)`

So,
`5x=(25)/(2)`

`x=(5)/(2)`

`x=2(1)/(2)`

Hence Length of each piece is
`2(1)/(2)` foot