Question

Jamie has a piece of wood that is 6/8 inches long. He cuts the wood into pieces that are ¼ inches long. How many pieces of wood did he cut?
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Answer 1

Remember that 6/8 can be simplified into 3/4.

1/4 x 3 = 3/4

He cut 3 pieces.

Answer 2

Answer: three pieces.

The piece of wood is 6/8 inches long - this fraction can be simplified to 3/4 by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.

Thus, he cuts a piece of wood that is 3/4 inches long into 1/4 inch pieces.

1 goes into 3 three times, so the piece of wood can be cut into three 1/4-inch pieces.