Question

Jessie has a piece of wood that is 8 feet long. He needs to cut pieces that are seven eighths of a foot long. How many pieces will he be able to make?

Answer 1

8 / (7/8) =
8 * 8/7 =
64/7 =
9.14....he will be able to make 9 pieces

Answer 2

Step
`1`

Divide
`8` by
`(7)/(8)` to find the number of cut pieces

so

`(8)/((7)/(8)) =(8*8)/(7) =(64)/(7) =9.14`

therefore

the answer is

`9\ pieces`