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

Answer 1

To find the number of whole bracelets Bryan can make, we need to divide the total length of cord he has by the length needed for each bracelet.

5 2/3 feet can be rewritten as an improper fraction: 5 + 2/3 = 15/3 + 2/3 = 17/3 feet.

Now we divide 17/3 feet by 1/2 foot per bracelet:

(17/3) ÷ (1/2) = (17/3) * (2/1) = 34/3 = 11 1/3.

Therefore, Bryan can make 11 whole bracelets.