Answer: Approximately 11 pieces
Step-by-step explanation:
The length of the string is 4 1/5 foot long and each is to be 3/8 foot long. Let us first convert the mixed number to improper fraction, 4 1/5 foot long becomes 21/5. Therefore
It means that we want to divide a 21/5 foot long string into equal pieces of 3/8 foot long
To determine how many pieces can be cut, we will divide the length of the string by the length of each piece. It becomes
21/5 ÷ 3/8 = 21/5 × 8/3
= 11.2
Approximately 11 pieces
