A carpenter needs to cut a piece of wood that is 5 3/4 feet long into pieces that are each 1 1/2 feet long. How many pieces can the carpenter cut from the wood?

Answer 1

To determine how many pieces the carpenter can cut from the wood, divide the total length of the wood by the length of each piece.

5 3/4 feet can be expressed as a mixed number: 5 + 3/4 = 20/4 + 3/4 = 23/4 feet

So, the carpenter can cut 23/4 feet / 1 1/2 feet/piece = 23/4 * 2/3 = 46/12 = 3 10/12 = 3 5/6 pieces from the wood.

Therefore, the carpenter can cut 3 5/6 pieces from the wood.