A cord is 35 centimeters long. We want to cut the cord into pieces. Each piece will be 1/3 of an centimeter. How many pieces will we have?

Question

A cord is 35 centimeters long. We want to cut the cord into pieces. Each piece will be of an centimeter. How many pieces will we have?

Answer 1

If we cut a single cm into thirds, we would have three pieces. So to solve this, we need to multiply 35 * 3, and that gives 105 pieces.