Question

Jayden need 20 pieces of string 3/8 of an inch long for an art project if he cuts a 4 7/8 pieces of string into pieces that are 3/8 of an inch long how many more pieces will he need

Answer 1

From the information given, Jayden already had a string that is 4 7/8 inches long.

We first write or simplify 3/8 and 4 7/8 in their decimal fraction forms.

3/8 is written as 0.375 and 4 7/8 is written as 4.875

We can now find out how many pieces he cut from the string (that was 4 7/8 inches), so:

4.875 ÷ 0.375 = 13

So he got 13 pieces of string. He wants 20 pieces, so;

20 -13 = 7

Therefore he will need 7 more strings .