Question

Im a parent for a 5th grader and don't remember this, plz help?

Again,
Josh wants to make 5 airplane propellers. he needs 18 centimeters of wood for each propeller. how many centimeters of wood will he use? How can I help him understand this problem.

Answer 1

So since josh wants to make 5 airplane propellers and he would need 18 centimeters of wood for each propeller. He would need 90cm of wood. When I was younger I would just add. For this problem I would just do this. 18+18+18+18+18=90. I would suggest doing this if your child isn’t very good a multiplication. I’m sorry if this is wrong or something it’s been 7 years since I have been to the 5th grade.

Answer=90

Answer 2

90 cm.

Explanation:

One airplane propeller needs 18 centimetres of wood.

Josh wants to make 5 of them.

So, we would have to take the '18' centimetres of wood and multiply by 5 to get the total for all 5 pieces.

`\text{Number of Propellers} * 18 \text{ Centimetres}`

`5 * 18 = 90`

Josh should need 90 centimetres of wood total to make 5 airplane propellers.