Question
To get ready for a pep rally, Mrs. Farrell's class is making banners. They have a 3-foot piece of poster board and cut it into pieces that are
1
4
of a foot long. How many banners do they make?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number
1
4
of a foot long. How many banners do they make?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To determine how many pieces of poster board Mrs. Farrell's class can make, we need to divide the total length of the poster board by the length of each piece.
The total length of the poster board is 3 feet, and each piece is \(\frac{1}{4}\) of a foot long.
To find how many pieces they can make, we compute:
\[
\text{Number of pieces} = \frac{\text{Total length}}{\text{Length of each piece}} = \frac{3}{\frac{1}{4}}
\]
Dividing by a fraction is equivalent to multiplying by its reciprocal:
\[
\frac{3}{\frac{1}{4}} = 3 \times 4 = 12
\]
So, Mrs. Farrell's class can make 12 pieces of poster board.
The final answer is:
\[
\boxed{12}
\]
The total length of the poster board is 3 feet, and each piece is \(\frac{1}{4}\) of a foot long.
To find how many pieces they can make, we compute:
\[
\text{Number of pieces} = \frac{\text{Total length}}{\text{Length of each piece}} = \frac{3}{\frac{1}{4}}
\]
Dividing by a fraction is equivalent to multiplying by its reciprocal:
\[
\frac{3}{\frac{1}{4}} = 3 \times 4 = 12
\]
So, Mrs. Farrell's class can make 12 pieces of poster board.
The final answer is:
\[
\boxed{12}
\]