Question

I have a party sub that 3/4 yard long. I will cut it into smaller sandwiches that are 1/12 yard long. how many smaller sandwiches will I have?

Answer 1

Answer:

9 smaller sandwiches

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem you will need to divide the party sub's length by the length of the smaller sandwiches that you will cut it into.

Take the party sub's length, 3/4 yards, and divide this number by the smaller sandwiches' length, 1/12 yards.

• 3/4 / 1/12

To divide fractions, change the division sign to a multiplication sign and multiply the original fraction by the reciprocal of the fraction you are dividing by.

Keep 3/4 the same, change / into *, and change 1/12 to 12/1.

• 3/4 * 12/1

Multiply straight across.

• 36/4

This can be simplified to 9 by dividing by 4/4. You will have 9 smaller sandwiches.

Answer 2

Answer:

9

Step-by-step explanation:

the question is practically "how many 1/12 sandwiches fit inside a 3/4 sandwich"

this calls for division

3/4 / 1/12

"flip & switch"

3/4 * 12/1

36/4

9

you will have 9 small sandwiches