Question

A dozen shirt buttons of the same size were arranged one above the other. Their total height was $2cm4mm$. What is the thickness of one button?

Answer 1

Assumpations:

$1cm=10mm$

Step 1: Given Data

Total number of shirt buttons $=onedozen=12$

Total height of stack of button$=2cm4mm=2\times 10+4=24mm$

Step 2:Thickness of each button

Total thickness of one button $=\frac{24mm}{12}=2mm$

Hence, The thickness of one button will be $2mm$