terry has a board that is 4 yards long. how much needs to be sawn off to make the board 2 feet 8 inches long?

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anonymous · Answer

How many feet are in a yard?

wolf1728 · Answer

Wouldn't the best thing to do is convert everything to inches?

wolf1728 · Answer

Board is 144 inches long
You want to make it 32 inches long so you must cut 144 -32 =
112 inches
9 feet 4 inches

anonymous · Answer

Thk u both so much

wolf1728 · Answer

Seems Jessica made some conversion mistakes.

wolf1728 · Answer

Two feet 8 inches is 2.66666666 feet and not 2.8 feet

wolf1728 · Answer

Sure

wolf1728 · Answer

1 Yard = 3 Feet 
1 Yard = 36 Inches 
4 Yards = 12 Feet 
12 Feet - 9.2 Feet = 2.8 Feet 
WHere is your calculation that 9.2 feet have to be removed?

wolf1728 · Answer

2 feet 8 inches = 2.6666666666 feet and not 2.8 feet
(2.8 feet = 2 feet 9.6 inches)

wolf1728 · Answer

Well that is where the error is.
2.5 feet is not 2 feet 5 inches.  It is 2 feet 6 inches.

wolf1728 · Answer

A good argument for the metric system isn't it?