A pipe that's 36 inches long needs to be cut into 21 / 4 - inch long pieces. How many pieces can be cut from this length of pipe? Hint: Change 21 / 4 to an improper fraction before calculating.

a. 9

b. 111/4

c. 44/9

d. 16

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Nyasia Graham

Mathematics

17 November, 22:17

A pipe that's 36 inches long needs to be cut into 21 / 4 - inch long pieces. How many pieces can be cut from this length of pipe? Hint: Change 21 / 4 to an improper fraction before calculating.

a. 9

b. 111/4

c. 44/9

d. 16

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Emmett Boone · Answer 1

The pipe is 36 inches long. It will be cut into pieces which is 21/4 inches long.

=> 21/4 - improper fraction.

=> 5.25 or 5 and 1/4

=> 36 inches / 5.25

=> 6.87 inches or 6 87/100

Fisher Woodward · Answer 2

Given:

36 inch long pipe

Must be cut into 21/4 inch long pieces

Required:

How many pieces to be cut

Solution:

All you need to do is to divide 36 by 21/4

Dividing this will result to 48/7 pipes or 6 and 6/7 pipes

A pipe that's 36 inches long needs to be cut into 21 / 4 - inch long pieces. How many pieces can be cut from this length of pipe? Hint: Change 21 / 4 to an improper fraction before calculating.a. 9b. 111/4c. 44/9d. 16

A pipe that's 36 inches long needs to be cut into 21 / 4 - inch long pieces. How many pieces can be cut from this length of pipe? Hint: Change 21 / 4 to an improper fraction before calculating.

a. 9

b. 111/4

c. 44/9

d. 16