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About how many pencils could be placed end to end to make a line that is 5 m long if each pencil is 0.15 m long? solve the problem, and show your thinking.

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Final answer:

To make a line 5 m long with pencils that are each 0.15 m long, you can fit approximately 33 pencils end to end.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many pencils can be placed end to end to make a line that is 5 m long, when each pencil is 0.15 m long, you would divide the total length of the line by the length of one pencil. The calculation would be:

5 m / 0.15 m per pencil = 33.33 pencils

Since you cannot have a fraction of a pencil, you would round down to the nearest whole pencil, which means approximately 33 pencils could be placed end to end to reach a 5 m length.

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