A rectangular piece of cardboard measures 17 cm by 12 cm. Sushila cuts the greatest number of rectangular pieces, each measuring 3 cm by 2 cm, from the cardboard. What is the total area of all the pieces cut?
Solution
The diagram below is not drawn to scale
34 pieces of small rectangles can be cut without any cardboard left.
Area used ----- 17 cm x 12 cm = 204 square cm (Answer)
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