Question

Serena uses chalk to draw a straight line on the sidewalk. The line is 12 ft long. She wants to divide the line into sections that are each 18 ft long.
How many sections will the line be divided into?

Answer 1

Question:

Serena uses chalk to draw a straight line on the sidewalk. The line is 1/2 ft long. She wants to divide the line into sections that are each 1/8 ft long. How many sections will the line be divided into?

Answer:

The number of sections that the line is divided is 4

Solution:

Given that, Serena uses chalk to draw a straight line on the sidewalk

The line is 1/2 ft long. She wants to divide the line into sections that are each 1/8 ft long

From given,

$Total\ length\ of\ line = \frac{1}{2} \text{ feet }\\\\Length\ of\ each\ section = \frac{1}{8} \text{ feet }$

To find: Number of sections can be made

The number of sections that can be made is found by dividing the total length of line by length of each section

$\text{Number of sections } = \frac{\text{Total length of line}}{\text{length of each section}}$

Substituting the values, we get,

$\text{Number of sections } = \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{1}{8}}\\\\\text{Number of sections } = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{8}{1}\\\\\text{Number of sections } = 4$

Thus number of sections that the line is divided is 4