For lunch, Jamie bought a 8-inch submarine sandwich. What fraction of a foot was Jamie's sandwich? (1 foot = 12 inches) I came up with 2/3, am I correct?
Yes. 8/12 = 2/3
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To find the fraction of a foot that Jamie's sandwich represents, we need to compare the length of the sandwich with the length of a foot. We know that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches.
Jamie's sandwich is 8 inches long. In order to express this length as a fraction of a foot, we need to see how many 8-inch segments fit into 12 inches.
Dividing 12 by 8 gives us 1.5. This means that 1.5 sandwich segments (each measuring 8 inches) can fit into 1 foot.
Since we are looking for the fraction of a foot, the answer would be 1.5/1, which simplifies to 3/2.
Therefore, Jamie's sandwich is equivalent to 3/2 or 1 1/2 feet.
Your answer of 2/3 is not correct.