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

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(b)

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The diagrams (not drawn to scale) show a rectangular cardboard U and a square V. Ken cut as many squares V as he could from rectangular cardboard U. The remaining part of the rectangular cardboard U is shown in Figure 1.
  1. What is the length of WX as shown in Figure 1?
  2. What is the greatest number of squares V that Ken could cut from a rectangular cardboard U?