Brian has 8 feet of canvas. He needs 1/4 foot to make a painting.
How many paintings can Brian make?
32
So whats the answer???
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To find out how many paintings Brian can make, we need to divide the total length of canvas he has (8 feet) by the amount of canvas required to make one painting (1/4 foot).
To divide a whole number by a fraction, we multiply the whole number by the reciprocal (inverse) of the fraction.
The reciprocal of 1/4 is 4/1 or simply 4.
So, we have: 8 feet ÷ (1/4 foot) = 8 feet × (4/1) = 32 paintings.
Therefore, Brian can make 32 paintings with 8 feet of canvas.