How many pieces of yarn 8 inches long can be cut from a 60 inch piece of yarn? Round answer to the nearest piece of yarn.

Answer 1

You can start with 60 and continue to subtract 8 until you get to 0.

60 - 8 = 52

You can use division, meaning 60 divided by 8 = 7. Or you can use repeated subtraction:

52 - 8 = 44

44- 8 = 36

36 - 8 = 28

28 - 8 = 20

20 - 8 = 12

12 - 8 = 4

4-8=-4 is below 0 so stop. Count the number of times you subtracted 8 above. That's how many pieces of yarn 8 inches long you can get from a 60 inch piece of yarn. You will have 4 inches left but you cannot count the 4 inch piece.