Asked by Sofia

Andre is cutting fence boards from a large piece of wood 10 1/4 yards long. Each board needs to be 4/5 yard. How many whole, equal-sized boards can he cut from this piece of wood?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Convert to fractions: 10 1/4 = 41/4 yards. Divide by 4/5:

(41/4) ÷ (4/5) = (41/4)·(5/4) = 205/16 = 12 13/16.

So he can cut 12 whole boards. (Leftover wood = 13/20 yard.)