Mr Yamato has a piece of plywood that is 15 and a half feet long and 12 and 3/4 ft wide he needs to cut the wood into 12 pieces for the students in his carpentry class Mr yamoto cuts the length into four equal pieces in the width into three equal pieces what are the dimensions of each piece Express the answers in simplest form
To find the dimensions of each piece, we need to divide the total length and width by the number of pieces.
The length of the plywood is 15 and a half feet, which is 15 + 1/2 = 15.5 feet.
Since Mr. Yamato cuts the length into four equal pieces, each piece will be 15.5 / 4 = 3.875 feet.
The width of the plywood is 12 and 3/4 feet. To divide it into three equal pieces, we need to convert the width to a fraction with a denominator of 3.
12 and 3/4 = 12 + 3/4 = 12 + (3/4)(3/3) = 12 + 9/12 = 12 + 9/12 = 12 + 3/4 = 12.75 feet.
Each piece will have a width of 12.75 / 3 = 4.25 feet.
Therefore, each piece will have dimensions 3.875 feet x 4.25 feet.