Question

Tyrone has 8/9 of a foot of string. He needs to cut pieces of string that are 1/4 of a foot long. How many whole 1/4 foot pieces can he cut from the string he has?

Answer 1

3 is the answer.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

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Answer:

3

Explanation:

You can use your number sense to realize that 8/9 is between 3/4 and 1, so Tyrone can only get 3 whole pieces from his string.

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If you like, you can do the division ...

(8/9)/(1/4) = (8/9)(4/1) = 32/9 = 3 5/9 . . . . . 3 whole pieces

Or, you can compare decimal values.

1 piece = 0.25 ft

2 pieces = 0.50 ft

3 pieces = 0.75 ft

4 pieces = 1.00 ft

String length = 0.888.... ft (more than 3; less than 4 pieces)