Question

Paul has three pieces of rope with lengths of 140 168 and 210 he wishes to cut three pieces of rope into smaller pieces of equal length with no remaining how many of the smaller pieces of rope of equal length can he get?

Answer 1

You must get a common denominator.

140 + 168 + 210 = 518

518 / 2 = 259

You can get 259 pieces all that are 2 units long.