Question

A metal rod will be cut into pieces that are each 1/56 meters long. The rod is 7/8 meters long. How many pieces will be made from the rod?

Answer 1

The number of pieces made from rod is 49

Solution:

Given that A metal rod will be cut into pieces that are each 1/56 meters long

The rod is 7/8 meters long.

To find: number of peices made from rod

The number of peices made from rod can be calculated by dividing the total length of rod by length of each piece

`\text {number of pieces made }=\frac{\text {total length of rod }}{\text { length of each piece}}`

Here total length of rod =
`(7)/(8)` meters

length of each piece to be made =
`(1)/(56)` meters

Substituting the values in above formula, we get

`\text {number of pieces made }=((7)/(8))/((1)/(56))=(7)/(8) * (56)/(1)`

`\text {number of pieces made }=7 * 7=49`

So the number of pieces made from rod is 49