Question

7/8 of a rectangle is colored red. Damien cuts this red part into a number of pieces so that each piece is 1/24 of the whole rectangle. Find the number of red pieces Damien has.

Answer 1

Answer: Damien has 21 red pieces

Explanation:

First, 7/8 of the rectangle is coloured red.

Then, the 7/8 was cut into a size 1/24 of the rectangle each.

That consequently means that 24 of those pieces will form the whole shape.

Since red covers 7/8 of the rectangle, the number of red pieces invariably becomes

⅞ × 24 pieces, which is equal to 21 pieces

Therefore, Damien has cut the red part of the rectangle into 21 pieces