Question

A factory makes sheets of metal that are 1/3 of an inch thick. If a worker at the factory produces a stack of 6 sheets, how many inches thick will the stack be?

Answer 1

SOLUTION:

Step 1:

In this question, we are given the following:

A factory makes sheets of metal that are 1/3 of an inch thick.

If a worker at the factory produces a stack of 6 sheets, how many inches thick will the stack be?

Step 2:

The details of the solution are as follows:

$\begin{gathered} We\text{ can see that:} \\ Numbe\text{r of inches thickness of the stack = }\frac{1}{3}\text{ x 6 = 2 inches thick} \end{gathered}$

CONCLUSION:

The final answer is:

$\text{2 inches thick}$