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Each student in Mr. Kelly’s shop class needs a piece of wood 1 3 -foot long to complete a project. Mr. Kelly has one piece of wood that is 6 1 6 -feet long. How many pieces that are exactly 1 3 -foot long can be made from Mr. Kelly’s longer piece of wood?

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47

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User Pow
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Answer: 47 pieces of 13ft long pieces of wood.

Explanation: if u take 616ft and divide by 13 you get a decimal of 47.3846154 but what u need are exact pieces so .3846154 is your remainder. Hope this helps
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