Question

A carpenter wants to cut a board that is five sixth ft long into pieces that are five sixteenths ft long. The carpenter will use the expression shown to calculate the number of pieces that can be cut from the board. five sixth divided by five sixteenths. Which expression can also be used to calculate the number of pieces that can be cut from the board?

Answer 1

N = L/P

8/3 pieces

Explanation:

Length of the board = 5/6 ft

A carpenter wants to cut a board that is five sixth ft long into pieces that are five sixteenths ft long.

Length of each piece = 5/16 ft

Number of pieces that can be cut from the board = Total length of board / length of each piece

Let

N = Number of pieces that can be cut from the board

L = Total length of board

P = length of each piece

N = L / P

= 5/6 ÷ 5/16

= 5 / 6 × 16 / 5

= 80 / 30

= 8/3

The number of pieces that can be cut from the board is 8/3