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An electrician needs to buy 12 3/5 yards of electrical wire. Wire is sold on spools that have 3 1/2 yards of wire in each. How many whole spools of wire does the electrician need to buy? Write your answer
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An electrician needs to buy 12 3/5 yards of electrical wire. Wire is sold on spools that have 3 1/2 yards of wire in each. How many whole spools of wire does the electrician need to buy? Write your answer as a decimal.

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He needs to buy 3.6 spools but I guess that wouldn't be possible in real life so he needs to get 4 and then has some leftover.
12 3/5 / 3 1/2 = 3.6
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