Julian wants to put a border around two sides of his rectangular shaped garden. he has a 12 foot piece of lumber that will be cut into 1/3 foot pieces. how many 1/3 foot pieces can Julian cut from the lumber?

12 divided by 1/3

12 / (1/3)

12 * (3/1) 36 pieces

36 To find out how many 1/3 foot pieces Julian can cut from the 12-foot piece of lumber, you need to divide the length of the lumber by the length of each piece.

In this case, the length of the lumber is 12 feet, and the length of each piece is 1/3 foot.

To divide 12 feet by 1/3 foot, you can multiply the dividend (12) by the reciprocal of the divisor (1/3).

So, the calculation would be:

12 * (1 / (1/3))

Now, to simplify this equation, you can multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

12 * (3 / 1)

This simplifies to:

12 * 3 = 36

Therefore, Julian can cut 36 pieces of 1/3 foot from the 12-foot lumber.