The length of a bamboo pole is 8 m 3 cm long. Emily cut the bamboo pole into 3 pieces. The length of the first piece of the bamboo pole is 37 cm. The length of the second piece of the bamboo pole is 1 m shorter than the third piece. What is the length of the third piece of bamboo pole?
1 m = 100 cm

Difference in the length between the second and the third piece
= 1 m
= 1 x 100
= 100 cm

Length of a bamboo pole
= 8 m 3 cm
= 8 x 100 + 3
= 803 cm

Length of the first piece = 37 cm
Length of the second piece = 1 u
Length of the third piece = 1 u + 100 cm

1 u + 1 u + 100 + 37 = 803
2 u + 137 = 803
2 u = 803 - 137 = 666
1 u = 666 ÷ 2 = 333 

Length of the third piece of bamboo pole
= 1 u + 100
= 333 + 100
= 433 cm

Answer(s): 433 cm