A spool of rope contains 73 yards of rope. How many 4-foot pieces of rope can be cut from the spool? How much rope is left over?
There are
nothing pieces of 4-foot rope that can be cut from the spool.
(Type a whole number.)
well, 73 yards = 219 feet
now it should be easy ...
To find out how many 4-foot pieces of rope can be cut from the spool, we need to convert the given length of the rope from yards to feet.
1 yard is equal to 3 feet. So, 73 yards of rope is equal to 73 * 3 = 219 feet.
Now, we can find out how many 4-foot pieces can be cut from 219 feet of rope.
Divide 219 by 4: 219 / 4 = 54.75.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a piece, we need to take the whole number part of 54.75, which is 54.
Therefore, we can cut 54 pieces of 4-foot rope from the spool.
To find out how much rope is left over, we need to subtract the length of rope used from the total length of the spool.
Since each 4-foot piece requires 4 feet of rope, the total length of rope used is 54 * 4 = 216 feet.
To find out how much rope is left, subtract 216 from the total length of the spool, which is 219 feet.
219 - 216 = 3 feet.
Therefore, there are 54 pieces of 4-foot rope that can be cut from the spool, and there will be 3 feet of rope left over.