Question

A builder uses 32 wooden slats to make 4 fence panels. Fatima wants to know how many slats are needed for 1 panel. Gerard wants to know how many slats he will need to make 8 panels.

Fatima:How many slats in 1 panel?
Gerard: How many slats for 8 panels?

Answer 1

Fatima: 8 wooden slats. Gerard: 64 wooden slats.

Explanation:

For Fatima: You need to divide 32 by 4 to get 8 wooden slats because you need to find out how many slats are for 1 panel.

For Gerard: You need to multiply 32 by 2 to get 64 slats because if you know 32 slats make 4 fence panels, you need to multiply 4 by 2 to get 8, which is double the number, so you need to double 32 too.