Question

Kiley had a piece of bamboo skewer that measured 14 3/5 inches long. She wanted to cut it into toothpicks that were each 3 1/5 inches long. How many toothpicks can she make?

Answer 1

4 toothpicks

Explanation:

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Answer 2

4 toothpicks.

Explanation:

We have been given that Kiley had a piece of bamboo skewer that measured
`14(3)/(5)` inches long. She wanted to cut it into toothpicks that were each
`3(1)/(5)` inches long.

To find the number of toothpicks that Kiley can make from bamboo skewer, we need to divide the length of skewer by length of each toothpick.

`\text{Total number of toothpicks}=14(3)/(5)/ 3(1)/(5)`

First of all, we will convert our given mixed fractions into improper fractions as:

`\text{Total number of toothpicks}=(73)/(5)/ (16)/(5)`

Dividing a fraction by another fraction is same as multiplying the 1st fraction by the reciprocal of 2nd fraction.

`\text{Total number of toothpicks}=(73)/(5)* (5)/(16)`

`\text{Total number of toothpicks}=(73)/(16)`

`\text{Total number of toothpicks}=4.5625`

Therefore, Kiley can make 4 toothpicks.