James has a board that is 3/4 foot long. He wants to cut the board into pieces that's each 1/8 foot long. How many pieces can James cut from the board?
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You can cut 1/4 piece out of this 3/4 foot long board. So, would the answer would be 1/4??
How many pieces? 3/4 is the same as 6/8
so there must be 6 pieces that are one eighth foot long, at least here in Texas.
Yes the answer is he can cut the board into 6 pieces. All you have to do is use a fraction grid, then see how many 1/8's goes into 3/4s.
No, that is not correct.
To find the number of pieces that James can cut from the board, we need to divide the length of the board (3/4 foot) by the length of each piece (1/8 foot).
To do this, we can rewrite both fractions with a common denominator of 8:
3/4 = 6/8
1/8 = 1/8
Now, we can divide 6/8 by 1/8:
(6/8) ÷ (1/8) = 6/8 x 8/1 = 6
Therefore, James can cut 6 pieces from the board.
To find out how many pieces James can cut from the 3/4 foot long board that are each 1/8 foot long, you need to divide the length of the board by the length of each piece.
First, convert both fractions to a common denominator, which in this case is 8. Let's convert 3/4 to eighths:
3/4 = (3/4) * (2/2) = 6/8
Now, divide the length of the board (6/8 foot) by the length of each piece (1/8 foot):
(6/8 foot) ÷ (1/8 foot) = 6 ÷ 1 = 6
Therefore, James can cut 6 pieces from the board, each measuring 1/8 foot long.