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Declan has 65.8 meters of wire. If he is cutting the wire into pieces that are 1.6 meters long, how many pieces can he cut?

User Aleksandra Zalcman
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72.9 that are I.8 meters long
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He can cut 41 pieces because if you divide 65.8 by 1.6 you get 41.125 but you can’t have .125 of a wire so you round your answer and you get 41
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