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How many 1/32 ft pieces can be cut from a 7/8 ft long piece of rope?

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Answer:

28 1/32 ft pieces

Explanation:

To solve this problem you need to get both the fractions to have same denominator, to do this we will times 7/8 by 4 to get 28/32. After this we can start comparing them. From the 28/32 we can make 28 pieces because 28*1/32=28/32