Final answer:
To find the length of each piece when dividing a wire into 5 equal parts, convert the length into decimal form (4 and 3/8 centimeters becomes 4.375 centimeters) and divide by 5. Each piece would measure 0.875 centimeters.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question asks how to find the length of each piece of wire when a 4 and 3/8-centimeter-long wire is divided into 5 equal pieces. To find the length of each piece, we must divide the total length of the wire by the number of pieces.
First, we convert 3/8 to a decimal, which is 0.375. Therefore the wire is 4.375 centimeters long in decimal form. We then divide 4.375 by 5, which equals 0.875. Hence, each piece measures 0.875 centimeters.