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Jessie has a piece of wood that is 8 feet long he needs to cut pieces that are 7/8 of a foot long how many pieces will he be able to make

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You need to find the number of 7/8 ft. pieces in a 8 ft. long piece, so we will use division.
8 ÷ 7/8= 9 1/7
We have a fraction involved, and we know that he can not use a fraction of a piece for his situation, so he will be able to make 9 whole pieces of wood, and will have 1/7 left.
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