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anonymous · Answer

Use any model you choose to solve the story problem.

A single board is   meter thick. 
 
How many boards are there in a stack of boards that is 2 meters high?

anonymous · Answer

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e.mccormick · Answer

Well, your thinkcness did not make it.  Anyhow, whad do you think you need to do to set the problem up?

anonymous · Answer

1/12 meter thick

anonymous · Answer

I feel stupid but I don't know how to do a problem with fractions in it

e.mccormick · Answer

It is just like any other division.  But more importanf, how would you write that whole thing as an equation?

anonymous · Answer

1/12 divided by 2?

e.mccormick · Answer

1/12 is divided already.  Boards is some unknown, so lets call it b.  And 2 is the result, or what it equals.

anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

starting to understand, would the answer be 2/8?

e.mccormick · Answer

No, it is going to be a large number due to how you cancel a fraction.

Let me show you an example:

If I have a brick that is 1/3rd of a foot and I want to know how many are in a foot, well, it is easy to see that if it is 1/3rd then 3 make a foot.... but how can I do it mathematically?  

1/3 bricks = 1 foot or $\dfrac{1}{3}b=1$

So, can you set up yours like that?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

ohhh now I understand

e.mccormick · Answer

K, so how did you set it up and how many did you get ths time?

anonymous · Answer

couple seconds