if you were loading a truck with 12foot long boards how many would it take to load 2000 linear feet of 6 victorian heart pine?

Question

It's a math question about hard wood flooring.that I'm have trouble with.

Answer 1

Think about it!

2000 feet total

How many individual boards go into this length is the question?

 

The answer is 2000 divided by 12 which is 166.667 boards.

Does a partial 0.667 board make sense? I don't think they wanna cut it if they're selling them as 12 ft strands. So i'd say the answer is 166 boards.

Answer 2

Well the relevant information in the problem is that the boards are 12 feet long and you want 2000 linear feet. A "linear" foot refers to a product that has a fixed width and a variable length, and since they told you that all the boards are 12 feet then 2000/12=166.67 which means you need 167 boards to have at least 2000 linear feet.