Nick W.
asked • 10/18/18Im very confused
You have a board that is 4 1/2 feet. You want to cut the board into 1/8 feet pieces. How many pieces would you make?
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Callie H. answered • 10/19/18
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How many 1/8 foot pieces are in 1 foot? 8. So you multiply 4.5 times 8.
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Lucy G.
So, you have a board that is 4 1/2 feet, and you are dividing by 1/8 pieces. So, you are doing (4 1/2)/(1/8). A good strategy when dividing by fractions is to multiply by the reciprocal, so basically you do 4 1/2* 8/1, making the new problem 4.5*8. This solves out to be 36, and there you go. You would make 38 pieces. I am not an expert but I am happy to help! :)10/18/18