Answer:
She can cut 49 pieces.
Step-by-step explanation:
we know that 1 foot = 12 inches. Therefore, 100 feet would be 1200 inches.
Now we know that Carle has a ball of string that has 1200 inches and she needs to cut pieces of string that are exactly 24 3/8 inches long.
Let's rewrite the 24 3/8 inches into a fraction.
24 3/8 = [tex]\frac{(24)(8)+3}{8}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{195}{8}[/tex]
Now we divide 1200 by 195/8
[tex]\frac{1200}{\frac{195}{8} } \\\\\frac{(1200)(8)}{195} \\\\\frac{9600}{195} \\49.23[/tex]
Therefore she can cut 49 pieces.
