Question
Jean was given a piece of string of length 8 m 30 cm. She used a part of it to tie 8 curtains and 2 m 10 cm of the remaining length to decorate her room. Given that each curtain needed 60 cm, what was the length of the string that was left behind by Jean? (Leave the answer in metres and centimetres.)
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Jean was given a piece of string of length 8 m 30 cm. She used a part of it to tie 8 curtains and 2 m 10 cm of the remaining length to decorate her room. Given that each curtain needed 60 cm, what was the length of the string that was left behind by Jean? (Leave the answer in metres and centimetres.)