Question

A board that is 2/3 of a yard long needs to be cut into four equal pieces. What will the length of each piece be?

Answer 1

We need to divide the length by 4, so:
\[(2/3)/4\] Dividing by 4 is the same as multiplying by 1/4, so:
\[\frac{ 2 }{ 3 } \times \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } = \frac{ 2 }{ 12 } = \frac{ 1 }{ 6 }\]