The Great Rope Company sells a rope that is 5 feet long. Juan wants to make sections that are 1/3 foot long. How many sections will Juan be able to make? Use the model.
15
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To find out how many sections Juan can make, we need to divide the length of the rope by the length of each section.
In this case, the length of the rope is 5 feet and the length of each section is 1/3 foot.
To divide 5 by 1/3, we can use a fraction model to help us visualize the division.
First, we need to convert the length of the rope into thirds. Since there are 3 thirds in 1 whole, we can multiply the length of the rope by 3 to get it in thirds.
5 feet * 3 thirds/foot = 15 thirds
Now, we can divide the total number of thirds by the length of each section:
15 thirds / 1/3 foot = 15 thirds * 3 feet/1 third = 45 feet
Therefore, Juan will be able to make 45 sections of 1/3 foot each.