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A carpenter needs to cut a long piece of lumber into smaller pieces. How many212 foot pieces can be cut from a board that is 1512 feet long? Simplify your answer!

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The answer would simply be 1512 divided by 212 which is 7.132... but you cannot have a portion of a board so the answer is 7
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