Question

A carpenter needs to cut 50 cm pieces of wood for table legs. If he has 5 yards of wood, how many legs can he cut? Does he have any wood left over?
1 yd = 91.44 cm

5 yd = 5 * 91.44 = 457.2 cm


457.2 cm / 50 cm = 9.144 = 9 + 0.144 pieces

9 pieces + 0.144 * 50 cm =

9 pieces + 7.2 cm

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