Question

Lila went to the hardware store and bought 6 identical wooden boards. When Lila placed all the boards end-to-end, the line was 0.97 meters long. To the nearest tenth of a meter, how long was each board?

A) 0.2 meters
B) 0.3 meters
C) 0.16 meters
D) 0.163 meters

Answer 1

To find the length of each wooden board, divide the total length of the line by the number of boards. In this case, each board is approximately 0.2 meters long.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the length of each wooden board, we divide the total length of the line by the number of boards. In this case, Lila placed 6 identical boards end-to-end to get a line length of 0.97 meters. So to find the length of each board, we divide 0.97 meters by 6 boards:

0.97 meters ÷ 6 boards = 0.162 meters

Rounding to the nearest tenth of a meter, each board is approximately 0.2 meters long, which is option A.