A carpenter buys timber in lengths of 2.4 m. He needs to cut pieces of length 0.6 m. How many pieces can he get from one length of timber? Show your working.
(a)How many 0.6 m pieces can be cut from 2.4 m?(2)
(b)If the carpenter needs 18 pieces in total, how many lengths of 2.4 m must he buy?(1)
(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)