Question

Mary has a board that is 7 3\8 feet long. She cuts the board into as many pieces that are 3\4 feet long as possible. How many pieces will she have that are 3\4 foot long? A small piece my be left over.

Answer 1

9

when converting
`7(3)/(8)` from a mixed number to an improper fraction you get 59/8 which is 7.375. if you divide this by
`(3)/(4)` you get 9.83333 so you can get 9 3/4 of a foot long peices with .83 being left over