A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 3 1/3 inches long. How many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 2/3 inch thick?
estimated answer is ?
exact answer is ?

Question

A manufacturer of bird feeders cuts spacers from a tube that is 3 1/3 inches long. How many spacers can be cut from the tube if each spacer must be 2/3 inch thick? 
estimated answer is ?
exact answer is ?

ganeshie8 · Answer

# of spacers  =  $\huge  \frac{3\frac{1}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}$

ganeshie8 · Answer

simplify

anonymous · Answer

so how would i simplify with fractions tho

ganeshie8 · Answer

maybe first simplify numerator :    convert the "mixed fraction" into proper fraction...

anonymous · Answer

10/3/2/3 right

ganeshie8 · Answer

Correct !

simplify further

ganeshie8 · Answer

$\huge  \frac{3\frac{1}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}$



$\huge  \frac{\frac{10}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}$

ganeshie8 · Answer

flip the denominator and write it as multiplication

ganeshie8 · Answer

$\huge  \frac{3\frac{1}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}$



$\huge  \frac{\frac{10}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}$



$\huge \frac{10}{3} \times\frac{3}{2}$

anonymous · Answer

5

ganeshie8 · Answer

5 is  $\large \color{red}{\checkmark}$

ganeshie8 · Answer

good job !!

anonymous · Answer

is that th estmated answer of exact answer

ganeshie8 · Answer

5 is exact

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks

ganeshie8 · Answer

u wlc :)

for estimated just do below :
since we wanto roughly estimate quick, assume the tube is 3 inch long, 
then u wud get 3/2/3 =  9/2 =  4.5  = 4 spacers