Question

Luci cuts a board that is

5
6
yard long into pieces that are
5
12
yard long. How many pieces does she cut? I

Answer 1

so a 5/6 yards long board needs 5/12 yards cut out evenly, 5/6 = 10/12, there can only be 2 peices cut

Answer 2

She cuts the board in two pieces

Explanation:

Givens

• The board is 5/6 yards long.
• She cuts it into pieces that are 5/12 yard long.

To know how many pieces she cuts, we need to find how many pieces of 5/12 long fit into a board 5/6 yards long.

We just need to divide,

`(5)/(6) / (5)/(12) = (5)/(6) * (12)/(5)=2`

Therefore, she cuts the board in two pieces, where each piece is 5/12 yard long.