Chelsea wants to build some birdhouses. She has a 12 foot board of wood. Each birdhouse needs 3/4 foot of wood. How many birdhouses can Chelsea build?(1 point)

a.9 birdhouses
b.1/16 birdhouse
c.1/9 birdhouse
d.16 birdhouses

1 answer

To determine how many birdhouses Chelsea can build, we need to divide the length of the board by the amount of wood needed for each birdhouse.

12 feet ÷ (3/4 foot/birdhouse) = 12 ÷ 0.75 = 16

Therefore, Chelsea can build 16 birdhouses.

The correct answer is d. 16 birdhouses.