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Johnny is buying planks of wood to build some tables. Each table needs a plank of wood for each of the legs and 5 planks of wood for the surface. If Johnny wants to build 5 tables, how many planks of wood does he need?
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How many planks of wood does each table need? ** Each table needs 1 plank of wood * 4 legs = <<1*4=4>>4 planks of wood for the legs.
How many planks of wood does each table need? ** This means each table needs 4 planks of wood for legs + 5 planks of wood for the surface = <<4+5=9>>9 planks of wood.
How many planks of wood does Johnny need? ** To build 5 tables, Johnny will therefore need 9 planks of wood * 5 tables = <<9*5=45>>45 planks of wood.
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