Question

Sarah has 273 feet of wire to make bead necklaces. If each necklace requires 1 2/3 feet of wire, how many necklaces can she make? ​

Answer 1

Oh boy, here we go again

First we must convert 1 2/3 to an improper fraction. By doing this, we get 5/3 (3/3 + 2/3)

So now we have 273 / 5/3

To divide this easier we can do something that when I learned it was called (keep, change, flip) which basically means keep the first fraction, change the sign from division to multiplication, and flip the second fraction

This now turns into: 273/1 * 3/5

Combine 273 and 3/5

273⋅3/5

Multiply 273

by 3

819/5

is your answer