Joseph has enough pieces to make the box
Solution:
Joseph needs 12 pieces of lumber to make a toy box
He has 10 feet of lumber. He is going to cut them into 2/4 feet equal lengths
From given information,
Total feet of lumber = 10 feet
Length of 1 piece = [tex]\frac{2}{4} \text{ feet}[/tex]
Therefore, number of pieces that can be cut from total feet of lumber is found by dividing the total feet by length of 1 piece
[tex]\text{Number of pieces} = \frac{\text{total feet of lumber}}{\text{length of 1 piece}}[/tex]
Substituting the values we get,
[tex]\text{Number of piece} = \frac{10}{\frac{2}{4}}\\\\\text{Number of piece} = 10 \times \frac{4}{2}\\\\\text{Number of piece} = 20[/tex]
Thus he will get 20 pieces of equal length
Joseph needs 12 pieces of lumber to make a toy box. So he has enough pieces to make the box
