How many 2 1/4 foot pieces can you cut from this piece of lumber
To find the number of 2 1/4 foot pieces of lumber in a 9 feet of lumber, we will divide the total length of lumber by the length of each piece of lumber
9 ÷ 2 1/4
= 9 ÷ 9/4
= 9 × 4/9
= 36/9
= 4 pieces of lumber
Therefore, 4 pieces of 2 1/4 foot of lumber can be gotten from 9 feet of lumber
The quotients are equal because they both go in the same number of times. The second pair of quotients just have an extra 0 at the end which just changes the place value of the number.
