Steps of Construction:

1. Draw a line segment AB of given length 5. 4cm.

2. Draw a ray, AZ, originating from A and making an acute angle with line segment AB.

3. Taking A as center draw an arc cutting at A1 on the ray.

4. As we have to divide the line into 6 equal parts, With the same radius and taking A1 as center draw another arc on the ray.

5. Repeat till we get A6.

6. Join A6 with B.

7. Now draw lines parallel to A6B from A1,A2,A3,A4 and A5 as well, which cut the line segment AB at K,L,M,N and O respectively.

8. Then AK,KL,LM,MN,NO,OB are the required 6 equal parts of line AB.