A 4ft piece of pipe needs to be divided into pieces that are 2/3ft long. How many pieces are made? How many remaining?

4 / (2/3)

= 4 * (3/2)
= 12/2
= 6 pieces

Double check
6 * (2/3)
= 12/3
= 4

To find out how many pieces can be made from a 4ft pipe, we need to divide the length of the pipe by the length of each piece.

Length of pipe: 4ft
Length of each piece: 2/3ft

To divide the length of the pipe (4ft) by the length of each piece (2/3ft), we can use the following formula:

Number of pieces = Length of pipe / Length of each piece

Substituting the values, we get:

Number of pieces = 4ft / (2/3ft)

Dividing 4ft by (2/3ft) is equivalent to multiplying 4ft by the reciprocal of (2/3ft), which is (3/2ft):

Number of pieces = 4ft * (3/2ft)

Multiplying the numerators and denominators, we get:

Number of pieces = (4 * 3) / (1 * 2) = 12/2 = 6

Therefore, 6 pieces can be made from a 4ft pipe.

To determine the number of remaining pieces after dividing the pipe, we need to subtract the number of pieces made from the total number of pieces.

Total number of pieces = Number of pieces made + Number of remaining pieces

Given that the number of pieces made is 6, we can rearrange the equation to solve for the number of remaining pieces:

Number of remaining pieces = Total number of pieces - Number of pieces made

Substituting the values we know:

Number of remaining pieces = ? - 6

We do not have the value for the total number of pieces, so we cannot determine the exact number of remaining pieces without additional information.