Question

vera is measuring the size of a small hexagonal silver box that she owns. she places a standard 12 inch ruler alongside the box. About how much long is one of the sides of the box?

Answer 1

I believe there is a corresponding figure to help answer this problem. See attached photo.

From the figure, we can see that there are 8 tick marks in an inch. The number of tick marks covering one side is about 5.5 tick marks. Therefore:

length = 5.5 tick marks * (1 inch / 8 tick marks)

length = 0.69 inches