14. Stretch Your Thinking Grace has a piece of string that is 8 inches long. She needs to cut the string into four equal pieces, but she does not have a ruler. Explain a way Grace can cut the string into four equal pieces.

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Owen Bolton

11 November, 12:47

14. Stretch Your Thinking Grace has a piece of string that is 8 inches long. She needs to cut the string into four equal pieces, but she does not have a ruler. Explain a way Grace can cut the string into four equal pieces.

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Cyrus Harrell · Answer 1

Grace can just fold the string in half, making two pieces. You collect both pieces and cut half of each string to create 4 pieces. This is essentially fractions.