So how many of 5/8 wood pieces out of a 4 5/8 board let's make the board size into a improper fraction so 8*4+5 = 37 so the board is 37/8 how many times can 5/8 go into 37/8 37/8 / 5/8 "Keep, change, flip" (for division of fractions) keep the first number, change the sign into multiplication, and flip the last fraction 37/8 * 8/5 That is 7 2/5 Only 7 full 5/8 feet pieces of wood can be cut from a board that is 4 5/8 feet long (remainder 2/5)
