Question

A Metal rod is 7/8 m long it will be cut into pieces that are each 1/56 meters long how many pieces will be made from the road ?

Answer 1

namely, how many times does 1/56 go into 7/8? well, let's check


`\bf \cfrac{\quad (7)/(8)\quad }{(1)/(56)}\implies \cfrac{7}{8}\cdot \cfrac{56}{1}\implies \cfrac{7}{\underline{8}}\cdot \cfrac{\underline{8}\cdot 7}{1}\implies \cfrac{49}{1}\implies 49`