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?

Respuesta :

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

Step [tex] 1 [/tex]

Divide [tex] 8 [/tex] by [tex] \frac{7}{8} [/tex] to find the number of cut pieces

so

[tex] \frac{8}{\frac{7}{8}} =\frac{8*8}{7} =\frac{64}{7} =9.14 [/tex]

therefore

the answer is

[tex] 9\ pieces [/tex]