Question

Lamar is cutting a piece of 15 foot rope into 1 and 1/3 foot long

sections. How many sections of rope will he end up with?

A: 11
B: 11 and 1/4
C: 8 and 1/3
D: 4 and 1/4

Answer 1

B:11 and 1/4

Explanation:

to divide 15 by 1 1/3 i used the Keep, Change, Flip method aka-KCF

i kept 15 over 1 changed the division sign into a multiplication sign and flipped 1 1/3 which is 4/3 to its reciprocal 3/4.

which got me the answer 45/4 i simplified it into 11 and 1/4