Question

Katrin is making a poster for school elections. She draws a line 20.4 centimeters long across the poster board. She starts at one end of the line and makes a mark every 3.4 centimeters along it. She plans to write the letters of her name in the spaces between the marks. Will Katrin make enough spaces for each letter of her name to go in one space? Explain how you know​

Answer 1

yes

to determine if she would have enough space, divide 20.4 by 3.4. this gives 6

Katrin has 6 letters

so it would be enough

Explanation:

Number of spaces created = length of the line / distance between each space

20.4 / 3.4 = 6

Katrina is made up of 6 letters.

the space would fit