Question

Will you show me how to do this problem? Write a word problem that can be described by the division expression 9 1/3 divided by 2 3/4 Use complete sentences in your answer.

Answer 1

Given the expression;

`(9(1)/(3))/(2(3)/(4))`

Note that the terms in the expression are;

`\begin{gathered} 9(1)/(3)=dividend \\ 2(3)/(4)=divisor \end{gathered}`

The result of this expression is the "qoutient."

Therefore, a word problem to model this might be;

"Lyonel has a wooden board that is 9 1/3 meters long. He wants to cut smaller sized boards that measure exactly 2 3/4 meters each in length. How many of the smaller sized boards can he cut out of the long wooden board?"