Question

A carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long. She cuts off 25% from the end of the stick.then she cuts the rest of the stick into 6 equal pieces.what is the length of each piece?

Answer 1

She cuts of 25% what means she cuts of 21 cm. Then she keeps 84-21=63 centimeters.
She cuts it into six equal pieces so 63:6=10.5 The length of each piece is 10.5 centimeters.

Answer 2

84*0.25=21
21/6=7/2=3.5