Question

John has a roll containing 24 2/3 feet of wrapping paper. he wants to divided it into 11 pieces, first though he must cut off 5/6 foot because it is torn. How long will each piece be?

Answer 1

Ok, so first you have to take the 5/6th off. This would be 24 4/6 - 5/6th which would be 23 and 5/6ths. The next step would be to turn the 5/6 into a decimal. That would be 0.83333 so 23.83 divided by 11. The answer would be 2.166363664 according the the calculator. HOPE THIS HELPS!!!

Answer 2

`2(1)/(6)` foot

Explanation:

John has a roll containing
`24(2)/(3)` feet of wrapping paper.

He must cut off
`(5)/(6)` feet.

Now the left over wrapping paper =
`24(2)/(3)` -
`(5)/(6)`

=
`(74)/(3)` -
`(5)/(6)`

=
`(148-5)/(6)`

=
`(143)/(6)`

=
`23(5)/(6)`

He wants to divide the left over wrapping paper into 11 pieces.

`23(5)/(6)` ÷ 11

`(143)/(6)` ÷ 11

`(143)/(6)` ×
`(1)/(11)`

`(143)/(66)`

`(13)/(6)`

`2(1)/(6)` foot

Each piece would be
`2(1)/(6)` foot long.