Question

Perla is building a train set for her cousin. She has a piece of plywood that measures 42.5 inches in length, and he needs 2 1/2 inch pieces for the tracks. How many pieces can she cut from her piece of plywood?

Answer 1

Perla can cut 17 pieces of 2 1/2 inch track pieces from a plywood that is 42.5 inches long by dividing the total length of the plywood by the length of one track piece.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many 2 1/2 inch pieces Perla can cut from a piece of plywood that measures 42.5 inches in length, we need to divide the total length of the plywood by the length of each track piece.

The calculation is as follows:

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We divide the length of the plywood by the length of one track piece to find the number of pieces:

42.5 inches ÷ 2.5 inches = 17 pieces

Perla can cut 17 pieces for the train tracks from her piece of plywood.