Question

Charlotte has 25 1/3 feet of plastic pipe. She cuts off 8 1/2 foot length and then 6 1/4 foot length. If now she needs 10 foot pieces of pipe, will the remaining piece do? If not, they have a much will the piece be short?

Answer 1

After subtracting, there should be 10.5833333 foot piece left. The remaining piece will do, there will be 0.5833333 foot left of a piece.

Explanation:

25 1/3 - (8.5 + 6.25)

25 1/3 - 14.75

=10.5833333