Question

Mark has a piece of wood that is 11 1/4 ft long. He cuts the wood into as many 2 1/2 ft pieces as he can. How long is the leftover piece of wood?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer 2

1 1/4 ft

Explanation:

First lets convert the fractions to decimals so it will be easier to divide. We need to divide to know how many leftover pieces of wood are there. 11.25 (11 1/4) divide by 2.5 (2 1/2) is 4 with the reminder of 1.25. So there are 4 (2 1/2 ft) wood pieces and 1 1/4 ft leftover piece of wood.