Vic cut a 10-foot board into pieces 1/8 ft long and a 6-foot board into pieces 1/5 foot long. How many pieces of board does he have?
Anyone? Is there an answer here?
10/(1/8) + 6/(1/5) = 80+30 = ____
To find out how many pieces of board Vic has, we need to calculate it separately for each board and then add the two results together.
First, let's calculate the number of pieces from the 10-foot board. We need to divide the total length of the board (10 feet) by the length of each piece (1/8 foot). We can do this by dividing the total length by the length of each piece and rounding down to the nearest whole number, as you can't have partially cut pieces.
10 feet ÷ (1/8 foot/piece) = 10 ÷ (1/8) = 10 * 8/1 = 80 pieces
So, from the 10-foot board, Vic has 80 pieces.
Now, let's calculate the number of pieces from the 6-foot board. Similarly, we divide the total length of the board (6 feet) by the length of each piece (1/5 foot).
6 feet ÷ (1/5 foot/piece) = 6 ÷ (1/5) = 6 * 5/1 = 30 pieces
So, from the 6-foot board, Vic has 30 pieces.
To find out the total number of pieces, we add the number of pieces from each board together:
Total pieces = Pieces from the 10-foot board + Pieces from the 6-foot board
Total pieces = 80 + 30 = 110 pieces
Therefore, Vic has a total of 110 pieces of board.