Question

Some broken statues from a Berlin museum were reassembled like jigsaw puzzles. Consider an assembled jigsaw puzzle that is shaped like a rectangle. It is 27 inches long and 20 inches wide. If the puzzle has 1,000 pieces, what is the average area per piece?

a) 540 square inches

b) 540 square centimeters

c) 540 square millimeters

d) 540 square feet

Answer 1

To find the average area per piece of the puzzle, divide the total area of the puzzle by the number of pieces. In this case, the average area per piece is 0.54 square inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the average area per piece of the puzzle, we need to divide the total area of the puzzle by the number of pieces. The area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying its length and width. In this case, the length is 27 inches and the width is 20 inches, so the total area is 27 inches x 20 inches = 540 square inches. Since there are 1,000 pieces, we divide the total area by the number of pieces: 540 square inches / 1,000 pieces = 0.54 square inches per piece.