Question

Adric has a rope 9 yards long. He cuts off 7 pieces of rope,

each measuring 0.75 yard. He places the 7 pieces of rope in a
basket. Then he cuts the remaining rope into shorter lengths
of 0.38 yard. How many pieces of length 0.38 yard are cut?

Answer 1

0.75 x 7 = 5.25

9-5.25=3.75

3.75/0.38=

9.86

round down because the rope has to be full

9 is your answer

Explanation: