Question

Eli measures the length of a painted stripe on one wall of his room. The stripe is 10 1/2 feet long. He wants to mark sections on the stripe that are each 7/8 feet long. How many sections will be marked on the stripe? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

First, we need to convert 10 1/2 into eighths. We have 84 eighths. Next, we divide 84 by 7, which leads us to 12. There will be 12 se tions