Question

A ribbon is 12 3/8 feet long into how many 3/4 foot pieces can it be cut

Answer 1

What you do to find out how many 3/4 are in 12 3/8 is divide it when you divide it you get 16 1/2 but it asks how many 3/4 and half isn't 3/4 so you round it down to 16 so your answer is 16, 3/4 pieces can be cut, by the was I had this question last year surprisingly I remember that we had this.

Answer 2

17 pieces ( approx )

Explanation:

Given,

Length of the ribbon =
`12(3)/(8)` feet,

Length of each piece that have to be cut =
`(3)/(4)` foot,

Hence, the number of pieces =
`\frac{\text{Length of ribbon}}{\text{Length of each piece}}`

`=(12(3)/(8))/((3)/(4))`

`=((99)/(8))/((3)/(4))`

`=(396)/(24)`

`=16.5`

`\approx 17`