Question

there was a 6 square-foot piece of wrapping paper for a birthday present. It takes 3 3/8 square feet of the paper to wrap the present. How many pieces of 6 square-foot paper are needed to wrap 3 of these presents?

Answer 1

3 3/8 × 3 = x
distribute
3×3 + 3×3/8=x
9+9/8=x
9+1+1/8=x
10 1/8=x