Step-by-step explanation:
Math is a language
say you plant two posts that are 5ft apart and you want to get up to 60ft
right now you've covered 5ft and now have 60 - 5 = 55ft to go.
you plant the next one: 55 - 5 = 50ft to go
instead of subtracting many times and counting hiw many times we've subtracted, we can use division
60ft / 5ft = 12 posts
to verify, you can multiply 5 and 12 which is the same as adding 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 +... + 5 = 5ft x 12 Posts= 60ft in total length
