A sausage is $9$ $9$ inches long and needs to be cut into pieces each $\frac{2}{3}$ $2/3$ of an inch long. How many sausages can be cut?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-26T20:48:55

$13$ $13$ pieces can be cut.

If the question sounds a bit confusing at first, make one similar to it, but with easy numbers.

A sausage is 10 inches long and needs to be cut into pieces each of 2 inches long.

We realise easily that this is a division . $10 \div 2 = 5$ $10div2 = 5""$ pieces will be cut.

Now do the same with the numbers we are given:

$9 \div \frac{2}{3} = \frac{9}{1} \times \frac{3}{2}$ $9 div 2/3 = 9/1 xx 3/2$

= $\frac{27}{2}$ $27/2$

= $13$ $13$ pieces and there will be a small piece left over

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