Question

Solution

Michael glues craft sticks around the edges of a rectangular poster
He uses a total of 14 craft sticks. He uses 5 craft sticks on each
long side of the poster. How many craft sticks does he use for
each short side of the poster? Show your work.

Answer 1

Michael uses 4 craft sticks for each short side of the poster.

Explanation:

To find out how many craft sticks Michael uses for each short side of the poster, we need to subtract the number of craft sticks used on the long sides from the total number of craft sticks used.

Michael uses 5 craft sticks on each long side of the poster, so the total number of craft sticks used on the long sides is 5 + 5 = 10.

The total number of craft sticks used is given as 14.

To find the number of craft sticks used on each short side, we subtract the number of craft sticks used on the long sides from the total number of craft sticks used:

14 - 10 = 4.

Therefore, Michael uses 4 craft sticks for each short side of the poster.