Seth took a 30-inch piece of wire and cut it into 1 1/4 inch pieces. How many pieces did he get?
30 / 1.25 = ________ pieces
Tad needs to measure where the free-throw line should be in front of his basketball goal. He knows his shoes are 1 1/8 feet long, and the free-throw line should be 15 feet from the backboard. How many toe-to-toe steps does Tad need to take to mark off 15 feet?
To find the number of pieces Seth got, we need to divide the length of the wire by the length of each piece.
First, we need to convert the length of the wire to the same unit as the length of each piece. Since we are given that the wire length is 30 inches, there's no need for conversion in this case.
Next, we divide the length of the wire by the length of each piece:
30 inches ÷ (1 1/4 inches) = 30 ÷ (5/4)
To divide by a fraction, we multiply by its reciprocal:
30 ÷ (5/4) = 30 × (4/5) = 120/5 = 24
Therefore, Seth got 24 pieces from the wire.