one foot is 12 inches long so you take the number of feet given (7—we'll worry about the half later) and multiply by the number of inches that are in a foot (12)
7×12=84
then half a foot is 6 inches so 84+6=90 inches
then we take 90 and divide it by 5 (to get the length of one piece)
90/5=18 inches
you can keep it as 18 inches or convert it into feet which you subtract 12 from 18, and you have 6 inches left which is 1 foot and a half
