Question

A metal rod will be cut into pieces that are each 1/56 meters long. The rod is 7/8 meters long. How many pieces will be made from the rod?

Answer 1

The number of pieces made from rod is 49

Solution:

Given that A metal rod will be cut into pieces that are each 1/56 meters long

The rod is 7/8 meters long.

To find: number of peices made from rod

The number of peices made from rod can be calculated by dividing the total length of rod by length of each piece

$\text {number of pieces made }=\frac{\text {total length of rod }}{\text { length of each piece}}$

Here total length of rod = $\frac{7}{8}$ meters

length of each piece to be made = $\frac{1}{56}$ meters

Substituting the values in above formula, we get

$\text {number of pieces made }=\frac{\frac{7}{8}}{\frac{1}{56}}=\frac{7}{8} \times \frac{56}{1}$

$\text {number of pieces made }=7 \times 7=49$

So the number of pieces made from rod is 49