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29 March, 17:32

Jim has a 7/8 inch nail that he must hammer into a board. Each strike of the hammer moves the nail 1/16 in into the board. How many strikes of the hammer must he make?

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  1. 29 March, 18:10
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    you could just divide the the 7/8 by 1/16, or you could take a longer way like this:

    7/8=0.875

    1/16=0.0625

    0.875/0.0625

    =14

    14 strikes
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