Question

Sandra has a 5- foot long length of canvas. She cuts the canvas into pieces that are 1/4 feet long. How many pieces will she have?

Answer 1

She will have total 20 pieces.

Explanation:

Given length of canvas = 5 feet.

Length of each piece cut of canvas = 1/4 feet long.

Total number of pieces would canvas had =
`(Total \ length \ of \ canvas)/(Length \ of \ one \ piece \ of \ canvas)`.

Plugging values in above formula, we get

Total number of pieces would canvas had =
`(5)/((1)/(4) )`.

Converting division into multiplication, the fraction 1/4 would flip to 4/1.

Therefore,

`(5)/((1)/(4) )` =
`5* (4)/(1)` = 20.

Therefore, she will have total 20 pieces.