Question

Morgan has an 8-foot board that must be cut into boards that are feet long. How many of the smaller boards can he get from the 8-foot board? Which of the following equations could you use to solve the problem? x · 8 = 8 x = · 8 = x 8 · = x

Answer 1

Answer:

Morgan would get 10 complete smaller boards from the bigger one.

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete question is

"Morgan has an 8 1/2-foot board that must be cut into boards that are 5/6 feet long. How many of the smaller boards can he get from the 81/2-foot board?"

First, we need to transform the mixed number into a fraction:

$8\frac{1}{2} =\frac{17}{2}$

According to the problem, each smaller board is 5/6 feet long.

So, we need to divide to know the total number of smaller board Morgan can get:

$\frac{\frac{17}{2} }{\frac{5}{6} }=\frac{102}{10}=10.2$

Therefore, Morgan would get 10 complete smaller boards from the bigger one.