Question

Suppose 1 Bamboo Skewer Is About 30 Cm Long. How Many Skewers Would It Take To Make A Line 1 Million Centimeters Long?

Answer 1

1,000,000 ÷ 30 = 33,333.333.....Your answer is a repeating decimal.

If you want to be exact, you would need 33, 334 skewers and you would have to cut the last one shorter than the others.

Answer 2

(1,000,000 centimeters) x (1 skewer/30centimeters) =

                  1,000,000 /30 skewers =  33,333 whole skewers,
                                                           plus one piece of one more skewer
                                                           cut into 3 equal pieces with the other
                                                           two pieces discarded.    

                 Another way to look at it:   33,334 skewers,
                                                            with 2/3 of one of them not included.