ssac cut a piece of wood that was 6 feet long into 1/3 pieces. How many pieces did he cut?
To find out how many pieces he cut, we need to divide the length of the wood by the length of each piece.
The length of each piece is 1/3 feet.
Dividing 6 feet by 1/3 feet, we get:
6 ÷ (1/3) = 6 × (3/1) = 18
Therefore, he cut the wood into 18 pieces.
To find out how many pieces were cut from a 6-foot-long piece of wood, we need to divide the length of the wood by the length of each individual piece. In this case, the wood was cut into 1/3 pieces.
To perform the division, divide the total length of the wood (6 feet) by the length of each piece (1/3 feet):
6 feet ÷ (1/3) feet
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal. The reciprocal of 1/3 is 3/1:
6 feet × (3/1)
Multiplying straight across, we get:
6 × 3 = 18
Therefore, SAC cut the 6-foot-long wood into 18 pieces.