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Number line. Cloth cut at 7.36 m. Length in cm 736 cm, Order length 350 cm. Currently length in cm is over by 386 cm.TUNING-50-40-30-20-10010203040507.36 M736 cm
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Length in cm

736cm

Order length

350cm

7.36 m

Number line. Cloth cut at 7.36 m. Length in cm 736 cm, Order length 350 cm. Currently length in cm is over by 386 cm.

What has to balance1 m=100 cm1\,\text{m} = 100\,\text{cm}

What is happening

You arrive at a tailor cutting cloth from a bolt marked in metres.

The order is written as 350 cm and the bolt is marked only in metres. The last cut was made on a guess and came out short.