Question

Walt has a piece of rope which is 10 1/3 feet long. He has to cut it into 4 equal pieces. How long will each piece be? I took 10 1/3 divided by 4 which is 2.58333. How can I explain this to my 5th grader in fractions?

Answer 1

10 1/3 = 31/3

31/3 divided by 4 =
31/3 * 1/4 = 31/12 = 2 7/12

Answer 2

25