Homework Help: math

Posted by smmer on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:56pm.

Crafts. Evette has 41 1/2ft of string. She wants to cut it into pieces3 3/4 ft long. How
many pieces of string will she have? How much string remains, if any?

math - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:58pm
You could divide 41 1/2 by 3 3/4.

The easier way is to convert these fractions to decimals and divide:

41.5 / 3.75 = ?

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