A tailor cuts ribbon for a project. The tailor has 13/4 feet of ribbon and needs to cut the ribbon into 1 2 -foot-long pieces.

Question

What is the maximum number of pieces of ribbon the tailor can cut following the measurement proportions?

Answer 1

hard to tell exactly what numbers you're using. But if following is likely:

1 3/4 divided by 1/2 = 3 1/2

(7/4)/(1/2) = (7/4)(2/1) = 7/2 = 3 1/2. Maximum number of 1/2 foot pieces is 3

or solve by using decimals

1 3/4 = 1.75

divide by 0.5

1.75/.5 = 3.5

lower integer bound is 3