Question

Joanna has a board that is 6 feet long. She cuts it unit pieces that are each 1/4 foot long. Which equation represents the number of pieces it cut?

Answer 1

6/(1/4)
or 6/.25

You find the whole length divided by the length of each piece.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

`n=((6)/((1)/(4)))`

Explanation:

Joanna has a board with a length of 6 feet.

She cuts it in unit pieces that length of every piece is
`(1)/(4)` foot.

Let n be the number of pieces cut by Joanna.

Therefore length of n boards of length
`(1)/(4)` each =
`n.((1)/(4))=6`

Now number of pieces
`n=((6)/((1)/(4)))` will be the equation that represents the number of pieces of the board.