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Question : 35
Total: 40
A 3.6 m long string is to be cut into pieces, each of length 40 cm . How many pieces can be cut from the string?
4
6
8
9
Validate
Solution:
Number of pieces
=
Length of string
Length of each piece
Before you divide make sure they are of the same unit. You can either change meter to centimeters or centimeters to meters then divide.
1
m
=
100
cm
3.6
m
=
3.6
×
100
cm
=
360
cm
Number of pieces
=
360
cm
40
cm
=
9
Note:
3.6
×
100
=
3
.
⏜
6
⏜
0
.
=
360
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