Question

Brian has 5 2/3 ft of leather cord to use to make friendship bracelets he needs 1/2 foot of cord for each one how many whole bracelets can Brian make

Answer 1

To find out how many whole bracelets Brian can make, we need to divide the total length of the leather cord by the amount used for each bracelet.

Converting 5 2/3 ft to an improper fraction, we get: 5 2/3 = (5 * 3) + 2/3 = 15/3 + 2/3 = 17/3 ft

Each bracelet requires 1/2 ft of cord.

Now, we divide the total length of the cord by the length used for each bracelet: (17/3) / (1/2) = (17/3) * (2/1) = (17 * 2) / (3 * 1) = 34/3

To find out the whole number of bracelets, we need to divide the numerator (34) by the denominator (3) and discard any fractional part.

34 ÷ 3 = 11 with a remainder of 1.

Brian can make 11 whole bracelets with a remainder of 1/3 ft of leather cord left over.