Maria need to cut 3 1/3 feet of rope in 8 equal lengths. What is the length of each piece of rope

Question

Maria need to cut 3 1/3 feet of rope in 8 equal lengths. What is the length of each piece of rope

Answer 1

The most direct way to solve this is to divide 3 1/3 by 8:

(3 1/3) / 8 = (10/3) / (8/1) = (10/3)*(1/8) = 10 /24 = 5/12 of a foot, or 5 inches.

Answer 2

1. It might be helpful to know that the other tutors are asking you to turn 3 1/3 into a mixed number. This will allow you to divide it by 8.
2. In order to turn 3 1/3 into a mixed number, you must multiply the denominator and the whole number and then add the numerator. (3 x 3 + 1)That gives you your new numerator(10).
3. You keep the same denominator, 3.
4. This gives you 10/3.
5. Then the equation you need to solve is 10/3 divided by 8.
6. When dividing two fractions, you must change the second fraction so that the numerator and denominator are flipped (we call that the reciprocal). In this case you have 8. We know that 8 can also be expressed as 8/1, right?
7. if we flip it, the fraction become 1/8.
8. Then to get your final answer you multiply 10/3 x 1/8. The answer would be 10/24. (Remember once you have flipped the second fraction, you just need to do straight multiplication of the numerator and denominator to get the answer.)
9. Can you simplify that? Yes. You can divide the top and bottom by 2 and get 5/12.

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

3 1/3 ft / 8 equal parts

First change the 3 1/3 to a simple fraction ---> (3 x 3) + 1 = 10/3

Next, the 10/3 divided by 8 is the same as 10/3 multiplied by the reciprocal of 8/1

---> (10/3) / (8/1) = (10/3) x (1/8)

= (5/12) ft.