Question

2. A carpenter has a wooden stick that is84 centimeters long. She cuts off 25% from the endof the stick. Then she cuts the remaining stick into 6equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?

Answer 1

If the carpenter cuts off 25%, so it would remain 85% of the stick, so we can multiply 84 to 85% to calculate the length remaining.

$84\times\frac{85}{100}=71.4\text{ cm}$

Then, she cuts this piece of 71.4 cm into 6 equal pieces, so we have to divide 71.4 by 6.

$\frac{71.4}{6}=11.9\text{ cm}$

The length of each piece of stick is 11.9 cm