Question

Jessie has a piece of wood that is 8 feet long. He needs to cut pieces that are 7/8 of a foot long. How many pieces will he be able to make?

Answer 1

Answer:

9 full pieces.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to solve this we have to divide the total feets of wood that Jessie has, by the size of the pieces that Jessie needs:

$\frac{8}{\frac{7}{8} }\\\frac{\frac{8}{1} }{\frac{7}{8} }\\\frac{8*8}{7*1}\\\frac{64}{7} =9.14$

Since Jessie will be able to cut 9.14 pieces of wood, he will have only 9 full pieces, so the total amount of pieces that he would be able to cut will be 9.

Answer 2

8 / (7/8) =
8 * 8/7 =
64/7 =
9.14.....so he can cut 9 full pieces