Sheet # 36 Critical Thinking
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The length of three steel rods are 8 cm, 14 cm, and 16 cm. How could you use these rods to mark off a length of 10 cm?
Answers for sheet # 36
Use 8-cm rod to mark 8-cm.
Stack 14-cm and 16-cm rods. Longer rod would be standing out by 2cm. Use this to mark 2 more cm. Total = 8 + 2 = 10 cm