Question

Dairon cut 4 7/8-inch piece of string into pieces that are 3/8 of an inch long each. how many pieces of string did he cut?

A 13
B 14
C 15
D 16​

Answer 1

Dairon cut the string into 13 pieces.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many pieces of string Dairon cut, you need to divide the length of the string by the length of each piece. Dairon cut a 4 7/8-inch string into pieces that are 3/8 of an inch long.

To divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. So, 4 7/8 divided by 3/8 is equal to (39/8) x (8/3), which simplifies to 39/3.

Therefore, Dairon cut the string into 13 pieces.