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Carmen cuts a 60 inch long wire into pieces that are 3/4 inch long. How many pieces does she have?

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Carmen cuts a 60 inch long wire into pieces that are 3/4 inch long. How many pieces-example-1
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Basically, she is dividing a 60 inch long wire into 3/4 pieces. So, what we have to do here is divide 60 by 3/4.

= 60 ÷ 3/4

Keep the first number, change the sign, and flip the fraction.

= 60 × 4/3

You can reduce the numbers by the GCF (greatest common factor) of 3.

= 20 × 4/1

After reducing 60 to 20 and 3 to 1, you are left with 20 × 4/1 or simply 20 × 4.

Multiply the numbers as usual, and you will get your product of 80.

Carmen has 80 pieces.


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