Question
The diagrams (not drawn to scale) show a rectangular cardboard J and a square K. John cut as many squares K as he could from rectangular cardboard J. The remaining part of the rectangular cardboard J is shown in Figure 1.
  1. What is the length of LM as shown in Figure 1?
  2. What is the greatest number of squares K that John could cut from a rectangular cardboard J?
3 m
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The diagrams (not drawn to scale) show a rectangular cardboard J and a square K. John cut as many squares K as he could from rectangular cardboard J. The remaining part of the rectangular cardboard J is shown in Figure 1.
  1. What is the length of LM as shown in Figure 1?
  2. What is the greatest number of squares K that John could cut from a rectangular cardboard J?