Luci cuts a board that is 3 5 yard long into pieces that are 3 10 yard long. How many pieces does she cut?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
Luci cuts a board that is 3/5 yard long into pieces that are 3/10 yard long.
Determine how many pieces can she cut.
Solution:
In order to determine how many pieces Luci can cut, we just need to divide 3/5 by 3/10. Note that in dividing with a fraction, we instead take the reciprocal of the fraction and multiply it to the the other value.
= 3/5 / 3/10
= (3/5)(10/3)
= 10/5
= 2
Final answer:
2 pieces