Question

Dairon needs 20 pieces of string 3/8 inch in length. He cut a 4 7/8 inch piece of string into pieces that are 3/8 of an inch long each. How many more pieces of string does he need?

Answer 1

The 4 7/8 = 39/8 = 13 pieces of string, he needs 20 so he will need to cut 7 more pieces