Question

A carpenter had a board that was 5.28 meters long . She used her circular saw to cut 9 centimeters off the end of the board. How many centimeters long was the board after the carpenter cut it?

Answer 1

519 cm

Explanation:

The board is 528 cm to start with, so reducing the length by 9 cm makes it 519 cm long.

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1 m = 100 cm

5.28 m = 528 cm . . . . multiply the above equation by 5.28