Question

If

Then, what is the length of the pencil in terms of paper clips?

• A. $10$
• B. $12$
• C. $14$
• D. $16$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $12$

Say:
$2$ blocks are equal to $4$ clips.
We have to find the length of the pencil in terms of paper clips.

Steps:
$2$ blocks $=4$ clips
$1$ block $=2$ clips
The pencil is 6 blocks long.
So, let us calculate it in terms of clips: $2+2+2+2+2+2=12$ clips
Thus, the correct answer is Option B.



Probing Q: Apart from adding $2$ clips $6$ times, how else can we solve this?

A: The pencil is $6$ blocks long. $2$ blocks $=4$ clips
So, if we take $2$ blocks together to calculate $6$ blocks then we will have to add $4$ clips $3$ times, i.e., $4+4+4=12$ clips.