you cut a board into pieces that are 1/3 ft. long. if the board is 4 ft, how many pieces will you have
To find out how many pieces you will have, you need to divide the length of the board by the length of each piece.
The length of the board is 4 ft and the length of each piece is 1/3 ft.
Dividing 4 by 1/3 is equivalent to multiplying 4 by the reciprocal of 1/3, which is 3/1.
So, 4 ft ÷ 1/3 ft = 4 ft × 3/1 ft = 12 pieces.
Therefore, you will have 12 pieces when you cut the board into lengths of 1/3 ft.