Question

A sheet is 11 cm long and 2 cm wide. Squares of side 0.5 cm are cut from it. Calculate the total number of such squares that can be obtained.

• A. 22
• B. 44
• C. 66
• D. 88

Answer 1

The correct option is D 88

Area of the sheet = length x breadth = 11 cm x 2 cm = 22 $c{m}^2$
Area of a square piece = $sid{e}^2$ = $0.5^2$ = 0.25 $c{m}^2$
So, total number of squares that can be prepared = $\frac{Areaofthesheet}{Areaofasquarepiece}$
= $\frac{22}{0.25}$
= 88
So, a total of 88 squares can be cut from the given sheet of paper.