Question

a wood worker wants to cut a board that is 8,225 feet long into 5 equal-length pieces. how long will each of the boards be

Answer 1

Solving

Before starting to solve the question we can easily identify that we need to divide the total number by the amount of equal pieces.

The reason we are going to divide is because when you divide a number you are distributing it into equal groups.


8,225 ÷ 5 = 1645


Answer

Meaning each of the boards will be 1645 feet in length