Question

jeremy has a 8 foot board he needs to cut pieces that are 6 inches long from the boards.what is the greatest number of 6 inch pieces he can cut from the two boads??

Answer 1

He can cut 16 6 inch pieces from the board.

8 ft = 96 in

96 divided by 6 = 16

Answer 2

8 feet = 96 inches 96 total inches divided by 6 inches for each board =16 pieces