Question

A carpenter bought a piece of wood that was 63.218 centimeters long. Then he sawed 5.7 centimeters off the end. How long is the piece of wood now?

Answer 1

To find the length of the wood after the carpenter sawed off 5.7 centimeters, you can subtract the length that was sawed off from the original length.

Starting length: 63.218 cm
Length sawed off: 5.7 cm

Now, perform the subtraction:

\[
63.218 \, \text{cm} - 5.7 \, \text{cm} = 63.218 \, \text{cm} - 5.700 \, \text{cm}
\]
\[
= 63.218 \, \text{cm} - 5.700 \, \text{cm} = 57.518 \, \text{cm}
\]

So, the length of the piece of wood now is **57.518 centimeters**.