Jackson have a piece of wood that is 6 feet long. He is cutting it into pieces that are 1/3 of a foot. How many pieces of wood will he have after he cuts it?
6 / (1/3) = 6 * 3
To find the number of pieces Jackson will have after cutting the wood, we need to divide the total length of the wood by the length of each piece.
Step 1: Find the length of each piece
Given that Jackson is cutting the wood into pieces of 1/3 of a foot, we know that each piece is 1/3 ft long.
Step 2: Calculate the number of pieces
To calculate the number of pieces, we divide the total length of the wood by the length of each piece:
Number of pieces = Total length ÷ Length of each piece
Given that the total length of the wood is 6 feet and the length of each piece is 1/3 ft, we can substitute the values into the equation:
Number of pieces = 6 ft ÷ 1/3 ft
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by the reciprocal (flip the fraction):
Number of pieces = 6 ft × 3/1 ft
Multiplying the numerators (6 and 3) gives us:
Number of pieces = 18/1 ft
Simplifying the fraction by dividing the numerator (18) by the denominator (1):
Number of pieces = 18 ft
Therefore, Jackson will have 18 pieces of wood after cutting the 6-ft long piece into 1/3-ft pieces.